Possibly that hopefulness could become naivete and a false sense of security.
We don't know what kind of resources were available for security upgrades, whether he requested more security and was turned down, or whether it just wasn't a concern for him, whether he knew the risks but couldn't get what he needed to be safe or whether he was foolish and overconfident.
But anybody who took the job, hopeful or not, naive or not, might find himself going to the Benghazi consolate as it was, without much security, if that was what the job demanded.
You may be right, but I'll wait for more information. It's too easy to make him out to be foolish caricature do-gooder -- and it's too soon as well.
Well sure, I’m extrapolating some here. You have a Peace Corps volunteer and a guy who spent his life doing outreach to Muslims, working for an administration whose understanding of the world is pretty muddled. He’s in a dangerous place on a dangerous day in an unfortified building with minimal security. It just seems oddly cavalier to me. No doubt we’ll get more background on all of this soon, and I’ll be surprised if a certain amount of naivite on Stevens’ part doesn’t turn out to be a factor.