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First, a choice to let people die is made by every president.
Then perhaps you can cite some historical precedence where Presidents allowed their diplomats to die and did not send in reinforcements or help but instead just ignored their requests.
You cannot save every person on foreign soil simply because other countries do not want to allow the US military to act on their soil. It tends to strain alliances. It should also be noted that the actual reason we did not go in was because we would have had to send troops into invade a foreign nation as an act of war to accomplish it because the libyans were not going to allow the US military to act on their soil.
That's comical!! This is the country America bombed just a few months earlier and you're concerned about 'straining alliances'??? The US had already bombed the hell out of the place and now you are following the Presidents claim that they wouldn't let you in???? Do you seriously believe that??It defies all logic!
It is all simple when you are just complaining, but a president has to deal with other countries who do not want the US military just driving through their neighborhoods blowing crap up to save 4 people. Yes, there is a reality it is let those 4 people die because a war would have been many more people.
So you think Libya was prepared to go to war with the United States if they tried to save their people? Who told you that?