To expect the Libyan police to protect a US Ambassador is idiotic. You don’t expect the British police to protect our Ambassadors and underlines their foolishness you would leave an American there as a target. It was a death sentence.
Well that just goes back to the judgement of the Obama Administration to open an Embassy there in the first place. They didn’t have a clue about what they were getting into. Just like microeconomics, they ignore the facts and pretend as if they know-it-all and have the answers.
Not idiotic at all. The host country is responsible for protecting diplomatic missions. We do it in the US. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is responsible for assisting foreign embassies and consulates in the United States with the security for their missions and personnel.
If we don't have host country assistance to provide security assistance, then there is no way we can defend our embassies. The issue with Libya was that there was no real government in place, especially in a place like Benghazi, to provide that assistance. We should not place our people in such places period.
The purpose of US furnished armed protection for diplomatic facilities abroad is to buy enough time so the host country can come to our assistance.