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I am not a fan of Hillary. I am really surprised to see her do well at all because I always thought so low of her, and at the same time I am really surprised to see a woman handle that position with all of the traveling in the Middle East.
With that said, in hindsight, it's very easy to say "they would attack that embassy" and "we should have done more". Right now we can say the same thing about hundreds of embassy compounds (keep in mind in most countries the US has multiple locations, main embassies plus off site housing). Some of these buildings are nothing more then residences in the suburbs - very difficult to protect. We can protect them all, but at what cost? Are you really going to drop $20 million on an estate in Librya and then spend another $100 million to protect it, with costs of $20 million a year to protect it?
This was a terrorist attack, plain and simple. A dozen armed men with small arms and a few rocket launchers can do a lot of damage in a hit and run.
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