He's Not His Brother's Keeper



President Obama and Chris Stevens


"Then the Lord said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?' 'I don't know', he replied. 'Am I my brother's keeper?'"--Genesis 4:9

Imagine, if you will, that you live in what was recently considered to be a violent inner-city neighborhood plagued with drugs, gangs, shootings and murders. 

But then your mayor ordered his police commissioner to crack down on the violence. The commissioner not only complied, he arrested the leaders and several members of the street gangs that terrorized your neighborhood.

Your mayor was so impressed that he decided to honor his commissioner with a special event right in the heart of the very neighborhood where the gangs once ruled. The mayor also invited the media to cover the event just to make sure that they would portray the mayor and his commissioner as the heroic champions who conquered the street gangs in their city.

At the event, with the mayor's rump-kissers, glad-handlers, media sycophants and clown clergy in flowing robes standing by his side, the mayor even presented you--the neighborhood resident--with his own personal phone number in case the bad guys returned to the neighborhood. You can call him anytime, he promised, and he'll send the muscle.

Now imagine that the bad guys have returned. They've not only come back, they've also gotten into a gun fight with some rivals on the street right in front of your house. Bullets are flying everywhere and one even pierces your front window and narrowly misses one of your children. Terrified, they prostrate themselves on the floor to avoid being hit by stray bullets. 

Frightened, you frantically dial 911 for help. When the operator answers, you report what's happening and the operator promises to send help immediately. But help never comes. Outside, you can still hear the shots that sound like a cacophony of exploding firecrackers.

It's been almost 10 minutes since you called 911--which seems like an eternity. Indignant, you call again. Only this time, there's no answer. You try again and get a recorded message that informs you to hang up and try later because all operators are busy assisting other callers.

Outraged, you remember that you have the mayor's own personal phone number and you call him. After several rings, he finally answers and you tell him that the bad guys are back and they're shooting your neighborhood to pieces. 

But instead of promising to send help, the mayor begins screaming at you in an obscenity-filled rage. You've just woken him up in the middle of the night. He's a hard working man and you've disturbed his sleep. F**k you!! he screams and then he hangs up.

That was a hypothetical scenario. But on September 11, 2012, the al Qaeda terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya wasn't. It was real. Four Americans--including John Christopher Stevens, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya--died in that attack.

None of those Americans should have died in that attack. But their boss, President Barack Obama, failed to protect them. Why? Because Obama wanted the world to believe that he had defeated al Qaeda with his take down of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. 

And so, had he responded to the Benghazi ambush that was orchestrated by Anser al-Sharia, an al-Qaeda affiliate in Libya, Obama would've admitted that the Islamic terrorist group was still very much alive and functioning throughout the Middle East.

When the White House and the State Department learned that the Benghazi consulate was under attack, American troops stationed in Tripoli were ready to go to the rescue. Instead, they were ordered to "Stand Down" which is a military term for staying put. Those troops were not allowed to save their comrades. They were told to remain in Tripoli while their colleagues were under attack.

Who ordered those troops to "Stand Down"? Only the President of the United States has the authority to issue that order. As a result, four Americans needlessly lost their lives. They were abandoned by their own president who should have protected them. In his dereliction of duty, President Obama became an accessory to murder.

For that, Barack Obama will be judged by God. The blood of those four dead Americans cries out to heaven as did the blood of Abel who was murdered by his brother Cain. (Genesis 4:10)

And of this you can be sure: God hears that cry. He's not deaf. And he will respond.