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FancyFeast5000;26523347]Perhaps you should refresh your memory about what happened in the days immediately following the attack on the consular office in Benghazi.
This is what the Obama press release said
"I have directed my Administration to provide all necessary resources to support the security of our personnel in Libya, and to increase security at our diplomatic posts around the globe. While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants."
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On 9/12 and days immediately following, violent protests and riots were erupting throughout the region as a reaction to the "movie." Have you forgotten that? The attack in Egypt happened just prior to the attack in Benghazi, and the attack in Egypt was clearly a reaction to the "movie." I think the press release was very carefully worded as a result of the widespread violence which was taking place at the same time. There was violence erupting throughout the region over the "movie" and that had to be addressed immediately in order to save other lives. The focus on the terrorists who attacked the Benghazi consular office could be announced later. It was not a lie. It was priorities, IMO.
"Sudanese rioters react as a fire rages during a protest outside the German embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world. Germany's Foreign Minister says the country's embassy in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum has been stormed by protesters and set partially on fire.(AP Photo/Abd Raouf)"
On September 11, 2012, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Cairo, Egypt was mobbed by protestors, apparently in response to an anti-Islamic online video known as Innocence of Muslims. A group scaled the embassy wall and tore down the American flag to replace it with a black Islamic flag. This incident (and the coinciding armed attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libyathat was widely misreported[note 1] as a reaction to the film) launched a series of worldwide demonstrations against the film outside diplomatic facilities of the United States and other Western countries. However, other underlying issues of discontent have fueled the protests in some countries. The protests that continued in the ensuing weeks also expanded to other Western-related locations, some of which turned violent, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries
Susan Rice- September 16th, 5 days after the Benghazi attack
Our current best assessment, based on the information that we have at present, is that, in fact, what this began as, it was a spontaneous — not a premeditated — response to what had transpired in Cairo. In Cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier, there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated.
"We believe that folks in Benghazi, a small number of people came to the embassy to — or to the consulate, rather, to replicate the sort of challenge that was posed in Cairo. And then as that unfolded, it seems to have been hijacked, let us say, by some individual clusters of extremists who came with heavier weapons, weapons that as you know in — in the wake of the revolution in Libya are — are quite common and accessible. And it then evolved from there."
"Based on the best information we have to date ... it began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo, where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy sparked by this hateful video. But soon after that spontaneous protest began outside of our consulate in Benghazi, we believe that it looks like extremist elements, individuals, joined in that effort with heavy weapons of the sort that are, unfortunately, readily now available in Libya post-revolution. And that it spun from there into something much, much more violent.... We do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned.” — Susan E. Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sept. 16
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/ambassador-susan-rice-libya-attack-not-premeditated/-
"Rice’s account directly contradicts that of Libyan President Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf, who said this weekend that he had “no doubt” the attack was pre-planned by individuals from outside Libya.
“It was planned, definitely, it was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago, and they were planning this criminal act since their arrival,” Magariaf told CBS News.
NY Times said so also; Libya — the Benghazi Attacks
American officials initially described the violence as part of riots that had broken out in Benghazi and Cairo that day in response to an American-made video promoting an anti-Muslim film called “Innocence of Muslims” that had been uploaded to YouTube.
Obama's speeches on the Benghazi attack always included an apologetic to Muslims strongly alluding to the video including his first statement on September 12th.
What action in Benghazi was hijacked?
None there were none prior action to the attack and that was known.
The Administration claimed that there was.
There was direct and immediate information available on that and it's well documented.
this ^^ is all to scrambled up to figure out what you're saying. Although after making this post I can see that you said one link didn't work. Try this.
Hillary's base is a much different base than 0bama's base. 0bama's base is largely just blacks. For the most part, with the exception of true patriots like hillbuzz.org, Hillary's base went over to 0bama when he became the candidate. This will not make Hillary's base happy. This could cost him tons of votes from Hillary's base which will now either not vote at all or will vote for Romney out of spite.
Of the democrats who have been Hillary's supporters, they are smart enough to see this as dissing her and 0boy doing what he does best: Blaming someone else.
Hillary's base is a much different base than 0bama's base. 0bama's base is largely just blacks. For the most part, with the exception of true patriots like hillbuzz.org, Hillary's base went over to 0bama when he became the candidate. This will not make Hillary's base happy. This could cost him tons of votes from Hillary's base which will now either not vote at all or will vote for Romney out of spite.
My thoughts as well. Reminds me of the socialite gal who supported Hilary. She bolted when Obama got the nomination and endorsed McCain. I can imagine otherd like her will now rally around Clintonites to abandon Obama.
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