THE ENEMY DOESN’T COORDINATE WITH YOUR NARRATIVE. Richard Fernandez on Benghazi and its aftermath:

Basically, the Benghazi consulate was overrun because the administration had established an embassy beyond the wire and outside the artillery fan. They had deceived themselves into thinking it was tenable. They entrusted its defense to unreliable militias. When it was attacked, they had no forces within practical range of relief. To explain the resulting disaster, they peddled a fairy tale which even they did not believe.  It was all wishful thinking from beginning to end and beyond. We are now in that beyond.

And the Secretary of State on duty when the attack occurred is likely to be our next president, in the ultimate example of failing upward.

Read the whole thing.