Editor:

I write this with tears streaming down my face. A dedicated U.S. embassy ambassador, a colleague and two ex-Navy seals have been slaughtered, while on duty at their poorly guarded U.S. consulate. By verified accounts I’ve read, the attack was not some uprising in response to an anti-Islam film, but a well-coordinated attack by heavily armed militants to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.