But nobody was killed there. The Libyan mission was just an open compound, guarded by local guards, who tried to help the US staff. The coordinated military attack on it came after the civilian demonstration was well underway. I think these worldwide embassy attacks may have been precipitated by a film, an event that was exploited by terrorist planners, but the attack on the Libyan mission was a military raid undertaken under cover of a "spontaneous" demonstration and planned a long time ago, in just one place. I also think the way its spreading is simply synergy working in Jihadist favor, not the result of any policy or failure of policy on our part. This is the Danish Muhammad cartoon incident on steroids.

But if you believe we should simply withdraw all contact with Islamic countries, close all businesses, diplomatic, trade relations, military aid, political contact, etc., then that is certainly an option. But that is exactly what the Islamists want us to do. Apparently you feel that is what we should do. I don't.

And one other thing. Whether we like it or not, fair or not, the spice must flow. Otherwise, we could care less what is going on the world's desert quarter. If there were no oil, the Muslim world would be like Sub-Saharan Africa or South America. Nothing that happened there would matter all that much to us.