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Originally Posted by CheekyBird
First, just as a point of fact, Benghazi was not an embassy. It was a U.S. consulate office. Typically, U.S. Consulate offices do not have "armed guards." They are in place to help facilitate trade and "citizen to citizen" relations.
Second, what you cite as possible reasons for "denial" of protection for the CONSULATE is based on an OPINION piece. Not fact.
Finally, regarding Trump saying "stupid stuff." Have you ever heard of the saying, "Loose lips sink ships?" He is not running for secondary school president ("Vote for Pedro.") What he says could lead to world war. He needs to GROW UP, and so do his followers.
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Why would the fact that other embassies and consulates have been attacked lessen the outrage over Hillary denying requests for more security? If anything, that should raise the outrage. If there had never been any consulate attacks, you could argue that there was no reasonable risk to the consulate. But since there has been a long history of attacks on consulates and embassies, there is no excuse for Hillary denying the requests for more security. In addition, there is obviously more risk in certain countries than others. In countries that have a great number of jihadists, you obviously need serious security.
With regards to your assertion that we don't know for sure what Hillary's reason was for denying the request, the reason is irrelevant. We know for sure that protecting the consulate was "not a high priority" to the State Department. Even the State Department Accountability Review Board said,
"The number of Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) security staff in Benghazi on the day of the attack and in the months and weeks leading up to it was inadequate, despite repeated requests from Special Mission Benghazi and Embassy Tripoli for additional staffing. Board members found a pervasive realization among personnel who served in Benghazi that the Special Mission was not a high priority for Washington when it came to security-related requests, especially those relating to staffing."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...eans/#comments
There is no excuse for not protecting your consulate employees.
With regard to your comment about Trump's big mouth possibly leading to war, I disagree with that. Most of our enemies out there like Iran are bullies. Bullies will push you around if you show weakness. If we have a tough leader that talks tough, our enemies are much more likely to respect us and fear us, than if we have a weak leader like Obama. You know the old slogan, "Peace Through Strength".