Robbie of course they could send in marines to their embassy but they were trying to keep actions hidden on the ground. Americans have shown they can send Marines anywhere with or without a countries consent.
I just don't agree it was a fuck up, i think it was a deliberate plan by the CIA not to draw attention to their base and operations. And I think that both parties are all in on this plan.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-bl...f-intervention
This to me this is the best article regarding this situation. It doesn't cast blame on the event but the whole situation. Its important for Americans to realize what is happening in Libya. This wasn't a terrorist attack, it was an act of war, because there is a fucking war going on in Libya.
Both parties will continue this war and others like it around the world. If I could vote in the states I wouldn't be asking what happened but why. Why this happened is the never ending thirst for war, not because of lack of security