Libya-Gate

[Rupert Pupkin]

The State Department is so incompetent it is mind-boggling. They hired some tiny, unknown British firm to guard the embassy and the guards were unarmed. All they had were flashlights and batons. It's as if the State Department thought Libya was the safest country in the world. I think the State Department's mindset was basically, "If we pretend it is safe then that makes it safe."

http://news.yahoo.com/benghazi-diplo...014650742.html

Most of the guards were Libyans that had no experience in security. In a country where they just had a revolution, the State Department decided to use unarmed guards with no experience to protect our embassy. Absolutely mind-boggling!

From the article: "The unarmed guards were told to sound the alarm over the radio and then run for cover if there was an attack, a Libyan who acted as a supervisor for the Blue Mountain local guard team at the mission said during an interview with Reuters."

"Despite their inexperience, the Blue Mountain guards said they feared the Americans were not concerned enough about security."

""We used to tell the Americans who spoke to us on many occasions that we needed more support in security, because it felt thin on the ground. But they didn't seem to be so worried, and (were) confident that no one will dare to come close to the consulate," one guard said.