As we all should know by now the US Embassy in Libya was attacked by extremists. Both Republicans and Democrats would take a traditional appeal. Republicans traditionally favor striving for power and acting as a "role model". So based off these attacks if Bush were president we would be heading off to war. Romney even went as far as to accuse Obama for sympathizing with the attackers. Democrats though do traditionally take a more conservative outlook to war. They believe in isolation and internationalism which "confuses our allies and encourages our potential enemies". An example, could be Hilary Clinton who thanked the Egyptians for their actions afterwords with out really taking a stance on the tragedy itself. But any reaction the Americans will have is in Obama's hands for now. Let's see how he's going to play the deck of cards in his hands...