Are We at War or Aren't We?

While the political implications of the Benghazi crisis is important given that the president and his team misled us about why the attack took place and then stonewalled to prevent the exposure of that deception, I continue to be concerned about two military aspects of the many issues I see.

One, was the story about a video causing a spontaneous attack a reflection that the administration just deep down doesn't really believe we are at war and so political that it could not see it as an act of war? This is separate from the issue of a political cover up. This strikes at whether our government is at war while our troops are in the field fighting jihadis.

And two, was our military kept out of the fight because the administration doesn't react as if we are at war or because our military really was incapable of reacting? Neither explanation is acceptable for a nation at war. But we didn't try to intervene militarily. And we decided not to try before we even knew whether it was futile to try.

I can forgive defeats and mistakes in war. Stuff happens. But I do insist that our leaders act like we are at war and prepare as if we are at war.