joining me now who serves as our, one of our national security analyst, robert maginnis.reat to have you with us. fox news contributor, john bolton. great to see both of you. let me first turn to the idea that this president is saying that this is a natural reaction. i would like to first get your reaction to these comments. >> the natural protests is outraged over the video. it was used by extremists to see if they could directly harm u.s. interests. lou: your reaction to what he said. let me begin with you, bob. >> we have known that benghazi has been a hot bed of terrorism for a long time. 9/11 and there are plenty of notice is out there. the fact that we had an ambassador in benghazi without a significant security detail just does not make any sense. certainly given his knowledge of that particular area, this is ludicrous what has happened and, unfortunately, i think it has just put a fire under a lot of other people across the world. lou: are you at all surprised, ambassador, that the president would say this is a natural response to this movie that he understands th

colonel robert maginnis.urn to the obvious question how could any ambassador enter a safe house that was not save with the consulate not protected in one of the most violent and volatile places of the united states? >> we will know but he felt uncomfortable he had friends. they celebrated him as a hero. bet he knew the al qaeda flag was flown over the city. for some reason somebody did not tell him what was brewing. 9/11 was a red flag. they should have known but they failed. lou: if this was the ambassador's choice not to have marines but to have responsibility for his own death that to waste should not be his but a matter of state department, protocol amd requirement. >> absolutely. the marines are there for the very reason. next-door supposedly the ambassador told the marines not to take live ammunition into the yard for the people to get over the fence. that thinking is dumb in this part of the world. think of what could happen anywhere in the world if the marines are not ready to kill if you try to kill