I agree completely; sex sells, and it’s getting everyone out of breath and confused.
1. There should have been a rescue, and non was sent. Hussein went to bed ready to risk the deaths of not only 4 but 40 that night.
2. There are 15,000 MANPADS floating around Libya, now probably in the hands of Al Qaeda. For a decade or more anyone getting on a commercial plane is going to sweat a bit more. Heavy birds can take a single hit to an engine on takeoff or landing, but probably not two. We might have to install dazzlers near major at-risk airports, and we might even have to equip airliners with them (very expensive). In view of this, it’s silly to continue with the TSA shoe gang-bang, but I seriously dought they’ll stop any of that.
3. Libya/Turkey/Syria involved some major arms smuggling to proto-Al Qaeda, and this was the desire of a President of the US.
I agree with all of your points but on that one, although it is creating confusion now, it is bringing light to the Benghazi scandals. The sex angle will die down because Petraeus isn't the top dawg and he quit so there can be no controversy about the position he holds. Then we'll get back to testimony about this...