US ‘too slow’ to act as drone’s cam captured Libya horror

Yes, let's DO talk about the ability of the US Government to protect ALL of its assets, ALL the time, ALL over the world:

A car-bomb attack at the U.S. Embassy in April 1983 that killed 63 people

How many killed 9/11 Attack on WTC:

Total number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753

Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343

Number of NYPD officers: 23

Number of Port Authority police officers: 37

Number of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128

Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402

Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614

Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658

Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 2,108

Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115

Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1

Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39

Bodies found "intact": 291

Remains found: 21,744

Number of families who got no remains: 1,717

http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

towermonkey wrote: Its called an embassy. They have one here as well. We don't storm their embassy and kill their ambassador. The State department is responsible for the security of embassies and they failed in what looks to be an attempt to mask al Qaeda's resurgence in Libya. This is a big deal because of the political aspect, not so much the attack itself.

Actually, tower, it was a consulate where the Libyan attack took place. The embassy is in Tripoli and there is considerable difference between the two, security-wise. Marines typically guard embassies but their job there is to protect the building itself and the intellegence that might be held there, not primarily the people. In any case, requests for additional security have to go through channels and Congress has to approve any additional funds needed. That isn't something that happens quickly. As for the idea that there was an attempt to mask al Qaeda's efforts in Libya or that someone "should have seen" signs in time to stop the attack, Philip Giraldi has an interesting bit on that today :

Though I am in no way a fan of President Obama’s foreign and security policies, the flailing that the Republican Party is engaging in at the moment to demonstrate some kind of cover-up in the aftermath of the Benghazi attack reveals a complete lack of understanding of how intelligence collection and analysis works.

Read the whole thing.

Id have a lot more respect for republicans if they knew what was going on in the world and just came out and said.."I like my gas prices being half of what the rest of the world pays...And I don't care who dies or how many countries we have to ruin to keep it that way" Instead they act like we are this wonderful beneovelent country that is being unfairly attacked for no reason whatsoever?

Mary Scott wrote: People died, Obama lied.

Yeah, and you guys lied us into a 3 trillion dollar coporate walfare occupation in Iraq where a million innocent civilians died, and now your talking about debt and security for a few office workers?

:rofl

AA, the trouble with that article is that there was real time drone recon of the entire attack. Thanks for the correction on consulate vs. embassy. I just had that fixed in my mind and would have missed it if you hadn't pointed it out.