Unrest in the Middle East

Recent unrest in the Middle East marked by the Embassy violence in Egypt and Libya have led to a startling turn of events. Its hard to understand why the Obama Administration would allow objections by the Sudan government prevent the sending of Marines to secure the U.S. Embassy in Sudan. Also according to a September 13th  Washington Times article, "U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo."

Read more: http://times247.com/articles/report-embassy-marines-not-allowed-to-carry-ammo#ixzz26ziP5MoA

If Ronald Reagan had been President you would never see the United States leave Embassy's unprotected. Not even George W. Bush would of allowed for such behavior.