SOFREP's post indicates "wishful" thinking led to deaths.

Check this out from SOFREP (but go to their site to read the whole thing)...

The Regional Security Officer at the Tripoli Embassy made repeated requests for security augmentation in Benghazi and Tripoli. State Department managers in Washington denied the requests. The  Department of State demanded the embassy transition to normalized security operations.  The fledgling Libyan government was supposed to be protecting the consulate,  but lacked the ability to provide an effective security force.
The State Department told the RSO not to request extension of the Department of Defense Mobile Security Detachment support in either Tripoli or Benghazi.
It is impossible to predict every terror attack. There are many false threats. The State Department has a difficult job and security is often seen as an impediment to diplomacy.

This is a damning report.

If true then Managers at the State Dept directly contributed to the deaths of our people in Libya.  The idea that WISHING for something to happen instead of realistically looking at a situation seems to be popular these days.  Also note that the British and French pulled their diplomats from Benghazi while ours remained.  Also note that it is alleged that not only did attacks occur in the months before this tragedy but it is also stated that a warning went out indicating that attacks were imminent.

IF this is true then we've seen a total failure of our State Dept.  A failure that helped contribute to the current troubles in the Middle East in a real sense, not in the made up way that some are trying to point to the movie to blame.