So instead he has the might of the US armed forces stand idly by while they literally beat a US ambassador to death, along with several good men who died protecting him and a US consulate. Whom the US is giving arms to and why can be spun, fudged, he can say “I didn’t know!” just like he did with Wright. But dead ambassadors don’t fade away. The question, why didn’t he scramble a sortie from a carrier, can only be evaded for so long. Was he counting on right-wingers not caring just because Stevens happened to be a poofta?
No, he was counting on the media covering and lying for him. He also knew that his disciples did not have the intelligence to know or care what was happening. Their only care is that their messiah continue to povide them with "freebies".