Obama camp: Benghazi attack was not a ‘foreign policy failure

Washington Examiner ^ | October 22, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

[Snuph]

President Obama’s deputy campaign manager denied today that the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, during which the U.S. Ambassador to Libya was killed, amounted to a ‘foreign policy failure’ for her boss.

“Will the president concede this was a foreign policy failure?” NBC’s Willie Geist asked Stephanie Cutter this morning in anticipation of the debate tonight.

“No,” Cutter replied. “We live in a dangerous world. Any time American lives are lost, it’s a terrible tragedy. And the president acted quickly to make sure that every other embassy was protected, we’re getting to the bottom of it, and we need to work this investigation through. It’s really important that we not politicize this process.”The investigation to which Cutter alluded — especially the State Department’s Accountability Review Board — will not be completed until after the election.

Cutter’s attempt to distance the attack from Obama’s foreign policy comports with Obama’s public commentary on the attack since it took place.

The day after the assault, the president suggested that Stevens and the three other murdered Americans died because of a protest against an anti-Islam Youtube video that, his story suggested, had turned violent.

[Little Ray]

It was not a disaster. While “less than optimal” it was just a “roadbump.” No reason to wake the President at 3AM.

After all, the MANPADs are clear, and Jihadis and weapons are still flowing into Syria. He'll have to find some other excuse to free the blind sheik.

[ridesthemiles]

I cannot imagine working for any employer who puts you into harm’s way & then deliberately ignores your pleas for more security. There must be some sort of transgression in this mess which can put Obama & Clinton on trial for these deaths.

IF I were in the ‘diplomatic corps’ I would be wondering where in the entire world under Obama I would be even the least little bit ‘safe’.

I would change professions in a blink of an eye.

Not worth my life to try & help savages.

[ridesthemiles]

Send Stephanie Cutter to work in Libya.

Give her a up close & personal experience.

Maybe she will wake up.

[ridesthemiles]

I would change professions in a blink of an eye.””

Counting bears in Alaska in a loincloth would be safer.