[stanne]

So, I’m just on this.

I want journalists and pundits to call this what it is.

The take down of the US Embassy.

[Smokin' Joe]

Technically, it was not the Embassy, but a rented facility used to conduct unofficial official business: an 'annex', or a 'mission'. Still, that is no excuse for the dwindling security for diplomatic personnel in the face of an increasing threat, nor the abandonment of the personnel there by the US Government in a moment of crisis.

That the former SEALs were lasing the mortar position indicates they believed someone in the AO had the ability to put steel on target. That fire/air support was not forthcoming, and only their actions permitted the people who did escape to do so.

As has been pointed out here, only, repeat, ONLY the POTUS had the ability to grant cross border authority. The buck stops there.