[kabar]

Raises more questions than it answers. First and foremost, who the Hell was in charge of this operation? The WH failed to convene the interagency group that handles such incidents. The fact that this team was dispatched from Tripoli begs the question as to why weren't other assets used. They had to charter an aircraft and then they were held up at the airport by Libyan officials. Where was the WH and the State Department in all of this? Obama should have been on the phone with the President of Libya demanding assets be sent immediately to the scene to rescue our people and check with the hospital.

This all sounds like the Keystone cops.

[First_Salute]

The WPost is trying to convey an impression that “help was sent *and got there*” when only the “help was sent” applies, because the Tripoli team was held up.

More parsing and measured statements to transfer Obama’s shame onto other shoulders pre-election.