Where were the Marines, Mr. President?

As we wrap up one of worst weeks for the Obama Administration's foreign policy, it's worth remembering one of the dumbest statements of the week by Team Obama. (And, believe me, that's saying a lot.)

In Sunday's newspaper column I'll deal with this in more detail and tell you why the Obama foreign policy is pure folly.

But for now let's go into the weekend remembering U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice who appeared on the Sunday news shows to tell us that the protests and subsequent deaths in Libya were not pre-planned, they were sparked only by an obscure American film, and her Dear Leader Obama was even more popular today than he ever was in the Muslim world.

But what should steam the rice of every American is her answer to the question about where was the security in Benghazi.

She told Jake Trapper (and by extension, you) this:

“There are not Marines in every facility. That depends on the circumstances. That depends on the requirements. Our presence in Tripoli, as in Benghazi, is relatively new, as you will recall. We’ve been back post-revolution only for a matter of months.”

But Rice said there was a “substantial security presence” at the consulate in Benghazi, noting that two of the four Americans killed there were providing security.

“We certainly are aware that Libya is a place where there have been increasingly some violent incidents. The security personnel that the State Department thought were required were in place… It obviously didn’t prove sufficient to the – the nature of the attack and sufficient in that – in that moment."

Well, of course the security wasn't sufficient. We have a dead ambassador to prove it.

So, Ambassador Rice, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama, where were the Marines at Benghazi on the 11th anniversary of 9/11? And please, don't send Susan Rice out again to explain. Her credibility is totally shot.