"the Benghazi debacle"???

Lots of luck, Republicans, raising this incident to the level of a major international crisis. Yes, the incident is unfortunate, and perhaps measures might have been taken to make the Embassy better able to resist the attack. But this incident does not rise (or sink) to the level of what George W. Bush did to engage us in Iraq, nor do the costs in terms of loss of international integrity seem at all comparable. And overall, the Obama Administration has made the right calls with regard to intervention in Libya. And it is the militants in the Benghazi area who are now on the run, not our Embassy staff.

One wonders what Ryan and Romney would actually do with regard to intervening in Syria, a considerably more complex set of issues.

Charley Noble