[MissMagnolia]

Would the Ambassador be dead if US Marines were guarding the compound instead of Libyan ‘Security’ Forces hired by the US?

[bert]

I had assumed the Marines were there but their weapons were locked up or certainly not loaded.

The President has besmirched their honor and “to the shores of Tripoli” will have a different meaning from now on.

[mbarker12474]

“Would the Ambassador be dead if US Marines were guarding the compound instead of Libyan ‘Security’ Forces hired by the US?”

It is pretty clear that U.S. Marines wouldn’t have informed the mob of the location of the Ambassador, after moving him to a safe house.

CBS reports that the Libyans moved our man, and then told the mob his location.

CBS story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57511043/assault-on-u.s-consulate-in-benghazi-leaves-4-dead-including-u.s-ambassador-j-christopher-stevens/?tag=stack

CBS story quote, about half-way down:
“He said Stevens, 52, and other officials were moved to a second building - deemed safer - after the initial wave of protests at the consulate compound. According to al-Sharef, members of the Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the building to which the American officials had been relocated, and that building then came under attack.”

[xzins]

I first heard that he was killed in a rocket attack. If so, then the attack came from above rather than on the ground.

I’ve heard different information about his death, as well, so I’d say ground Marines on location would have made a difference depending on the nature of the attack.