Yahoo.com : US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens killed in consulate attack in Benghazi

[JimboDaMan]

what is your suggested response to a organised ,armed, attack that killed 4 US diplomats?

First, take a breath and make sure you identify exactly what happened and who was responsible. The second worst thing we can do is nothing. The worst thing we can do is attack the wrong people. If we attack innocents as a show of force we're no better than those killers are.

[jpyaks3]

I'm afraid that the most reasonable response is a strongly worded statement. That's it.

Sure, I'd like to see us kick some ass, but unfortunately we can't. What do you want us to do, invade Libya? Bomb Benghazi? Ultimately, we want Libya to be our ally and unfortunately these deaths will be part of the cost of our relationship.

That definitely seems like the best course of action that and continue to work with the Libyan government to work against extremist groups like Ansar al-Sharia. There really isn't much else productive we can do. Unfortunately the right wing seems to want to make this a heavily politicized issue (not the posters on this board) with ****heads like Reince Priebus tweeting that "Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt. Sad and Pathetic" I hope the backlash for both Mitt Romney and people like this is enormous,

[AsburySkinsFan]

what is your suggested response to a organised ,armed, attack that killed 4 US diplomats?

Kill more of the people that did it....that'll stop the violence and the hatred. You sound as twisted as thug gang leaders, only when we realize that violence is not the answer will we look for other solutions. We've tried it your way, it hasn't worked.

[Madison Redskin]

with ****heads like Reince Priebus tweeting that "Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt. Sad and Pathetic" I hope the backlash for both Mitt Romney and people like this is enormous,

Reince must be great at raising money, because he is one of the most obnoxious little twerps in politics. And color me shocked that the GOP is not so subtly appealing to the "that black Muslim guy isn't a REAL American" crowd.

[Koolblue13]

Kill more of the people that did it....that'll stop the violence and the hatred. You sound as twisted as thug gang leaders, only when we realize that violence is not the answer will we look for other solutions. We've tried it your way, it hasn't worked.

We helped liberate them and armed them, now they are free so we fight. This system has worked for a long time. Get on board.

[AsburySkinsFan]

We helped liberate them and armed them, now they are free so we fight. This system has worked for a long time. Get on board.

And what a great system it is.

[JimboDaMan]

That definitely seems like the best course of action that and continue to work with the Libyan government to work against extremist groups like Ansar al-Sharia. There really isn't much else productive we can do. Unfortunately the right wing seems to want to make this a heavily politicized issue (not the posters on this board) with ****heads like Reince Priebus tweeting that "Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt. Sad and Pathetic" I hope the backlash for both Mitt Romney and people like this is enormous,

I'm hoping that gutless wonder Romney just get buried by this indefensible opportunism. Sad and pathetic correctly describes this weak little man. No excuse for this.

[jpyaks3]

I'm hoping that gutless wonder Romney just get buried by this indefensible opportunism. Sad and pathetic correctly describes this weak little man. No excuse for this.

The press conference he is having right now where he continues to attack Obama is disgusting even more so because he gets the basic facts and timeline wrong.

[USS Redskins]

Whats messed up about this is that the video in question has been on youtube for months.

Some cleric there picked up on it and riled up his crew and had them believing it was a major movie about the be broadcast nationwide on television.

[Dictator]

Can someone on the right please let me know what was so wrong with Obama's statement? I don't get Romney's outrage.

[jpyaks3]

Whats messed up about this is that the video in question has been on youtube for months.

Some cleric there picked up on it and riled up his crew and had them believing it was a major movie about the be broadcast nationwide on television.

Well apparently an Egyptian network picked it up and showed it on Monday I believe, which led to it be being broadcast all over and that started the reaction.

[alexey]

It is a delicate balancing act between freedom of speech and putting in danger people who have to work with dangerous animals.

[Buford]

After Romney's statements of a few min ago, I kind of worry this thread is going to fall apart. I'm going to try asking folks to move the politics of this in the proper threads in at least our way to show respect for those who were murdered.

I'm not a Mod (duh), but kind of felt it needed to be said.

[gbear]

I think the best we can do is support the government there to the point where they become strong enough to be their own effective police force.

As I read about this, I try to imagine what the goal was in drumming up this attack, and what was the actual attack supposed to accomplish. Was it to hurt the U.S.? I doubt it. We lose an ambassador which is a shame but hardly much of a global loss of stature or power. The ones most hurt in the attack are the leaders of the new government because the attack shows their lack of power to provide security, and it threatens a partnership they need. Heck, some here would even have us attack in response.

My general reaction to small scale terrorism is to continue on previous path. I still remember the British on the buses after their bout of terrorism saying they would not be intimidated as the French were. It's almost like a therapist visit. The point of emotional resistance is right where one needs to continue if one is to make changes in thinking. I chalk this up as a sad, regrettable milestone in a country's march towards a freedom previous unknown.

[KAOSkins]

It should be pointed out that the version of the video being shown in the ME has been dubbed in Arabic. Not that it isn't incendiary enough, I would imagine, but the translation was probably done to make it more so.

I'm at a loss as to think of how we could ever avoid these things. Uneducated, religious nut jobs of all kinds are always going to have this ammunition because our very way of life ensure that we will produce it. Even though the vast majority of us disapprove, that doesn't seem to be enough. Why is that?

To answer my own question, I guess there will always be those who take ammunition like this and run with it just as there will always be those who give it to them. Certainly those doing the killing are worse.