Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Refused to Permit Marines to Guard US Diplomats in Libya

[jordan179]

According to Powerline, "The Marine Corps Involvement in Egypt and Libya,"

In Libya, the Corps says that no Marines are stationed at the Embassy in Tripoli or the Consulate in Benghazi. Security in Libya, such as it existed, apparently was provided by contractors. The Rules of Engagement under which they operated are unclear.

and Michael Patrick

Comments

When?

[ilion7]

When are Americans finally going to get it into their heads that you simply cannot allow liberals/progressives (which these days means Dems) near the levers of state power?

Re: When?

[jordan179]

I'm thinking that Obama is providing the whole country with an object lesson on just that topic, right now. And conveniently doing so right before the Presidential elections.

If America can't vote him out under such perfect circumstances, we may be headed toward decline, and not just as a Republic.

Re: When?

[marycatelli]

When the swill runs out. As long as they've got their noses in the trough, they will vote for it and all its baggage.

No, come to think of it, after. And after their infantile riots have failed to bring the swill back.

Re: When?

[jordan179]

And after their infantile riots have failed to bring the swill back.

That's already happened: note the complete failure of the Occupy movement.

Re: When?

[ilion7]

Well, yeah. Though, that was more for more swill now, rather than the return of the now missing swill.

Re: When?

[fpb]

Just for the record, I don't oppose the welfare state, but I still think that Obama has been a lousy president. One, for carrying on Ben Bernanke's inflationary policies. Two, for the assault on freedom of religion. Three, for his and Eric Holder's disgusting habit of ignoring or breaking laws they don't like. Four, for his catastrophic foreign policy. Five, for breaking his promises about torture (I know this may be controversial). Six, for the amateurish mentality behind stunts like Fast and Furious. Seven, for the presence of obvious fanatics and sadists in the administration. (Who was the moron who said that Roman policy was to go somewhere and immediately crucify five people at random? Aside from the ignorance - Roman policy was more like going somewhere and immediately make five friends at random - this shows the kind of mind that no sane job interviewer would let within half a mile of any position of even moderate power.) Eight, for the continuous and fraudulent support for the most extreme levels of abortion, including the

Re: When?

[marycatelli]

Riot harder.

They aren't convinced yet. They won't be convinced until they have to work or die.