All the US nationals sent to Benghazi were fully aware that they were going into a dangerous and unstable country with a rather sketchy public safety record. Is it a tragedy they died, yes. Is it some sort of foreign policy foul up for Obama? Not in the slightest. As horrible as this sounds, it actually helped the Libyan government curb the power of the conservative Muslim militias. A few days after the attack one of the largest Islamist militias, Ansar al-Sharia declared they would no longer be carrying out operations in Libya. This was after they were driven out of Benghazi by angry Libyans.