>Why didn't they have the adequate forces there to begin with, especially when Stevens wanted out in 2011?
They were ordered to stand down.
The proof of it is out there, and we all know it is.
STEPHEN D. MULL
Rundown from Wiki
Stephen D. Mull (born April 30, 1958) is a Senior Foreign Service officer who was most recently the Acting Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, having previously served as United States Ambassador to Poland, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and United States Ambassador to Lithuania.[1][2]
Ambassador Mull holds the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service.[3]
On September 18, 2015, Mull was appointed as the United States Lead Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation, tasked with carrying out the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by United States Secretary of State John Kerry.[4]
That's some mustache.
Oh my dear God in heaven.
This recklessness is terrifying.
Such as this is going to end up dissuading people from choosing a career like this.
And we need good humint.
Remember when John Solomon talked about his encounter with some visitors at his mailbox one night?
Basically, that some "tools" had been egregiously abused, but their concern was that those tools were needed, although they knew the abuse had occurred, and they didn't want them lost altogether.
We shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water, basically.