The funny thing is, BHO could have bombed the block around the embassy & CIA safehouse into churned up rubble and the attackers into chum...and been awarded accolades up and down the political spectrum. BHO's opponents would praise supporting Americans in peril and his supporters would praise him for taking a morning constitutional breathing on his own.
"I determined that I must protect American lives, defend our lawful ambassador, defend American territory, and uphold the longstanding international accords regarding ambassadorial status." Even a non-interventionist can support that.
Instead, he chose to abandon the men and lie about it.
One last thing. All this talk about "Former SEAL" and such. Yes, that is true. Thing is, when he was killed after trying to rescue the ambassador and the other staff, he as a contractor. It is almost as if he didn't shed his fundamental character when he went to work in the private sector. Oh, we know that civvie gov't elected/appointed/hired types(1) can do so, but you'd think ex-military folks turn into raving child-raping UN mercenaries after they process out the way they are spoken of in the MSM.
(1) Pass legislation or write regulations, leave gov't, get hired by the industry you regulated to help navigate the new legal/regulatory waters. Or, get a sinecure at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac as a reward after doing yeoman's work as a political appointee for one's party. Next time the Dems come to power, you'll be tanned, rested, ready, and RICH and ready to serve your party again. Without being called a mercenary.