The Issue: The death of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya, amid an attack on the US consulate there.
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On the anniversary of 9/11, a “small and savage group” overran our consulate in Libya and killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others (“Murder in Benghazi,” Editorial, Sept. 13).
The attack is an act of war for which there is no excuse. No movie, no harsh words, nothing justifies this outrage.
That consulate is our sovereign space, and the people stationed there proudly represented this great country. It’s absolutely unconscionable that security fell short of what our people deserved.
It’s time to end amateur hour in the White House. Frank Cerbini
Pleasantville
It’s nice to know that after the US did so much to free the Libyan people from a horrible dictatorship, they returned the favor by rioting over a movie, and maiming and murdering staffers at the American consulate.
I wonder what the politically correct multiculturalists have to say about this.
Too bad the US wasted its time getting rid of Moammar Khadafy.
Kelma Levine
Burlington, Vt.
Stevens’ murder is an abhorrent and inexcusable crime that has no place in Islam.
Nowhere in the Koran is anyone permitted to harm, riot or kill anyone for speaking against Islam or the prophet Mohammed. The very actions the rioters took violate the example set by the prophet Mohammed.
As a Muslim-American, I strongly condemn the actions of the rioters in Libya and Egypt.
Their actions do not reflect the teachings of Islam and cause more disrespect to the prophet Mohammed than any film ever could.
Azhar Hussain
Plano, Texas
To soothe the murderous anger in the Muslim world over a half-baked movie of which virtually no one had ever heard, perhaps President Obama can give another speech in Cairo, emphasizing what a calm, progressive force Islam was and remains.
After all, his first speech there — in which our president apologized for the sins of the West and the US in particular — did so much to raise the esteem of our country throughout the Islamic world, and to moderate the tendency toward violence among certain groups within the Islamic community.
Edward Hochman
Manhattan
Maybe if the Obama administration didn’t whoop it up over eliminating Osama bin Laden, it would not have aided in provoking this senseless act. We, as a country, should take the high road in our successes in the War on Terror, and not continually do victory dances as our enemies have done.
This shows the Obama campaign’s naivete when using rhetoric to gain political advantage, and its appeasement as a strategy in conducting foreign policy.
As The Post points out, fighting a 9th-century culture with 21st-century values is just setting the West up for continued attacks of this nature.James Kilmartin
Bethel, Conn.
It is now very clear that Obama’s apology tour a couple of years ago in the Middle East was a complete failure.
Our government does not owe anyone an apology for our freedom of speech. This is not the time for cowardice in the face of new threats.
Gene Sullivan
Manhattan
We will hear from elected officials how the murder of our ambassador to Libya does not represent the majority of Muslims who are peace-loving, Western-friendly people, yet they have used religion as an excuse to commit atrocious acts against their fellow human beings.
In 1979, Ambassador Adolph Dubs was murdered in Afghanistan. The similarity of these two events should not be lost: On both occasions, there were weak, appeasement-minded administrations in the White House.
Rick Cabrera
Elmhurst
The attack on the American embassies in Libya and Egypt are the direct result of having a weak president. The lack of leadership from the Oval Office is pathetic.
Henry Mewman
The Bronx