Obama on Benghazi: “If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal”

Obama said this on a Daily Show taping for tonight (via Business Insider):

Jon Stewart: “Is part of the investigation helping the communication between these divisions? Not just what happened in Benghazi, but what happened within. Because I would say, even you would admit, it was not the optimal response, at least to the American people, as far as all of us being on the same page.”

President Obama: “Here’s what I’ll say. If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal. We’re going to fix it. All of it. And what happens, during the course of a presidency, is that the government is a big operation and any given time something screws up. And you make sure that you find out what’s broken and you fix it. Whatever else I have done throughout the course of my presidency the one thing that I’ve been absolutely clear about is that America’s security comes, and the American people need to know exactly how I make decisions when it comes to war, peace, security, and protecting Americans. And they will continue to get that over the next four years of my presidency.”

Woah. Who in the heck talks like this? Can we say out of touch? Everything always revolves around him. Can he not think of the families for a change when he speaks?

It’s just like when he described them as “bumps in the road”:


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