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To: Zathras
I spent 28 years as a Foreign Service Officer with over 20 years spent abroad. I supervised the RSOs and the MSG detachment.

The Marines at the front desk who buzzed you in beyond the hardline have 8 hour watches. We have local hire guards at the perimeter as well as host country provided protection, depending on the mission. Again, the Marines are not there to protect against an external attack. We depend on the host government to protect us. If they can't, we shouldn't be there. This was the cardinal mistake made in Benghazi. We should not have been there because the host government was unable to come to our aid.

23 posted on 08/06/2013 10:42:50 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

Relax, I believe you.
I’m just sharing what I saw. It just didn’t seem like enough security to me.


35 posted on 08/06/2013 11:18:45 AM PDT by Zathras
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