Of course, they are not people that were just lying around one day and watched the video and said, "Wholly shit, I hate westerners and want to kill them". Of course they want to kill us and probably thought of attacking the embassy before. The point was the video was a catalyst for these events. Uprisings all over the middle east sparking that usual hatred for Americans and these dudes just went with it. Probably didn't even watch the video. And to me the video was the stupidest thing in this whole mess but the Republicans made it a focal point of their attacks against Obama and Susan Rice. Like Hillary said, who gives a fuck why they did it... let's just capture them. And now we capture him and it's crickets from Repubs. This should be the happiest week of their lives, I mean we have seen them post those 4 pictures demanding justice for the past 2 years. You would think they'd be happier.
Of course, they are not people that were just lying around one day and watched the video and said, "Wholly shit, I hate westerners and want to kill them". Of course they want to kill us and probably thought of attacking the embassy before. The point was the video was a catalyst for these events. Uprisings all over the middle east sparking that usual hatred for Americans and these dudes just went with it. Probably didn't even watch the video. And to me the video was the stupidest thing in this whole mess but the Republicans made it a focal point of their attacks against Obama and Susan Rice. Like Hillary said, who gives a fuck why they did it... let's just capture them. And now we capture him and it's crickets from Repubs. This should be the happiest week of their lives, I mean we have seen them post those 4 pictures demanding justice for the past 2 years. You would think they'd be happier.
"The point was the video was a catalyst for these events. Uprisings all over the middle east sparking that usual hatred for Americans and these dudes just went with it. Probably didn't even watch the video."
You contradicted yourself there. Either way, highly unlikely the video had anything to do with it. They hate America because we are "non-believers" and saw a situation where an American ambassador was left without adequate protection and took advantage of it.
I am not claiming the Pubs aren't playing politics with this issue. They probably are. However the Dems are flat out lying. They had to as they were boxed into a corner. So ludicrously blame a video. Why? Because admitting the truth is even worse.
Can you imagine a statement like this from Obama or a high level official that said.....
"We underestimated the level of security needed for Ambassador Stevens and his people, as well as the level of Anti-American feelings and the ability of terrorists to operate freely. Therefore Ambassador Stevens, due to our incompetence was left in a vulnerable position and the terrorists killed him because we failed to provide enough security."
How would that truth work out for them? So yeah, the Youtube route was better. Tell a lie and hope it doesn't unravel later.
You contradicted yourself there. Either way, highly unlikely the video had anything to do with it. They hate America because we are "non-believers" and saw a situation where an American ambassador was left without adequate protection and took advantage of it.
I am not claiming the Pubs aren't playing politics with this issue. They probably are. However the Dems are flat out lying. They had to as they were boxed into a corner. So ludicrously blame a video. Why? Because admitting the truth is even worse.
Can you imagine a statement like this from Obama or a high level official that said.....
"We underestimated the level of security needed for Ambassador Stevens and his people, as well as the level of Anti-American feelings and the ability of terrorists to operate freely. Therefore Ambassador Stevens, due to our incompetence was left in a vulnerable position and the terrorists killed him because we failed to provide enough security."
How would that truth work out for them? So yeah, the Youtube route was better. Tell a lie and hope it doesn't unravel later.
Not a contradiction at all. If the video was in any way a reason for the attack, then they were telling the truth. The facts are there were uprisings all over the Middle East BECAUSE of this video. That's just a fact. These guys were chilling in their little dirt huts, got wind that people were protesting against westerners because of this video and decided to attack. I don't get what the problem is. It's not a false dichotomy. They don't have to be non-terrorists who did it over a video or terrorists who didn't do it because of video. They can be terrorists who used the video and the resulting uprisings to attack.
And the Intelligence community still to this day does not have any evidence this was a planned attack. Just some dirt dwellers with weapons saying let's go destroy this American building. Not really 9/11 style planning needed here.
Right dumbass!
[h=1]Panetta: Terrorists 'clearly' planned Benghazi attack[/h]
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/27/world/africa/libya-consulate-attack/
Right dumbass!
[h=1]CIA witnesses offer more evidence Benghazi attack planned[/h]
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-offer-more-evidence-benghazi-attack-planned/
Right Dumbass!
The United States told the U.N. Security Council that the suspected ringleader of a deadly 2012 attack on its diplomatic compound in Benghazi planned to target more Americans and that justified his capture.
In a letter obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, notified the council of the capture on Sunday of Ahmed Abu Khatallah by U.S. special forces in Libya after an investigation identified him as a key figure in the 2012 attack that killed four Americans.
"The investigation also determined that he continued to plan further armed attacks against U.S. persons," Power wrote in the letter dated Tuesday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-benghazi-suspect-captured-20140617,0,7817350.story
Although the attack began here, the more organized assault unfolded about a mile across the city at a top secret CIA facility known as the Annex. It lasted more than seven hours and took four American lives.
Contrary to the White House's public statements, which were still being made a full week later, it's now well established that the Americans were attacked by al Qaeda in a well-planned assault.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...enghazi_was_planned_sophisticated_attack.html
[h=1]Libyan president: Benghazi attack was a ‘preplanned act of terrorism’[/h]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-lookout/libya-president-benghazi-attack-terrorism-133154516.html
You are one of the stupidest people who has ever posted on the Internet.
Ever.
You have no utter clue how the real world works.
You are a laughable embarrassment and why you come back here and spout this dumb shit day after day is not clear.
[video=youtube;18gu8uCD1Z8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=18gu8uCD1Z8[/video]
[h=1]YouTube Video Was A Non-Event In Libya[/h]
Lmao! There is not a single official report that has detailed any advanced warning or information that this event was planned. Absolutely none. It was nothing more than dudes deciding to attack that day. The only thing they were wrong about was it wasn't a gathering that spontaneously went in to an attack, it was a "planned" attack all along. Like I said, you get your information from .com articles. I get my information from actual sources that would actually know the details. Only dishonest Republicans are claiming that this was some sort of special opps style attack. It was just barbarians with weapons overrunning a compound. Really not sophisticated at all and definitely did not need to be "planned".
To date, the Committee has not identified any intelligence or other
information received prior to September 11, 2012, by the IC or State Department
indicating specific terrorist planning to attack the U.S. facilities in Benghazi on
September 11, 2012.
Although it did not reach the U.S. Intelligence Community until after the
attacks, it is important to note that a former Transitional National Council (TNC)
security official in Benghazi, had received information of a possible
imminent attack against the Mission facility in advance. The official said that
approximately four hours prior to the attack, he attempted to notify the Libyan
Intelligence Service (LIS) that an attack was expected, but he was unable to reach
two contacts he had in the LIS as they were out of the country.91 The CIA has
been unable to corroborate the official's claim that he to · the LIS
about the attack.
According to a January 4, 2013, letter from the Acting Director of the CIA,
Michael Morell, "[t]he nature of the attacks suggested they did not involve
significant pre-planning."96 Although it may never be known with complete
certainty, it is possible that the individuals and groups involved in the attacks had
not planned on conducting those attacks until that day, meaning that specific
tactical warning would have been highly unlikely. However, intelligence reports
made clear that extremist groups in eastern Libya, including Ansar al-Sharia, were
not only running training camps there, but also plotting and carrying out attacks
against U.S. and Western interests in the months prior to the attacks in Benghazi.
http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/benghazi2014/benghazi.pdf
Right dumbfuck, like the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
“I will tell you this, by witness testimony and a year and a half of interviewing everyone that was in the ground by the way, either by an FBI investigator or the committee: It was very clear to the individuals on the ground that this was an Al Qaeda-led event. And they had pretty fairly descriptive events early on that lead those folks on the ground, doing the fighting, to the conclusion that this was a pre-planned, organized terrorist event,” Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., told Fox News in a November interview.
“Not a video, that whole part was debunked time and time again,” Rogers added of the attack which killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith and former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, “which just leads to questions of why the administration hung with that narrative for so long when all the folks who participated on the ground saw something different.”
Don't worry, you'll carry on with the comically stupid idea that the US designs, builds, fortifies, and provides security for, compounds than can be over run by a bunch of "dirt dwellers with weapons saying let's go destroy this American building"
Because you're like so smart and stuff.
There is no evidence that Ahmed abu Khattala is at all associated with Al Qaeda. It was nothing but dirt dwellers with weapons. No sophistication to it whatsoever.
According to a January 4, 2013, letter from the Acting Director of the CIA,
Michael Morell, "[t]he nature of the attacks suggested they did not involve
significant pre-planning."96 Although it may never be known with complete
certainty, it is possible that the individuals and groups involved in the attacks had
not planned on conducting those attacks until that day, meaning that specific
tactical warning would have been highly unlikely. However, intelligence reports
made clear that extremist groups in eastern Libya, including Ansar al-Sharia, were
not only running training camps there, but also plotting and carrying out attacks
against U.S. and Western interests in the months prior to the attacks in Benghazi.
I see someone is cleaning up loose ends.
CNN is reporting that a source in Libya has told the news agency that Faraj al-Shibli, a suspect in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, has been found dead. The source also said that al-Shibli was last seen in the custody of a militia in the town of Marj two days ago. His body was found on Monday.
Locals in the town of Marj also confirmed al-Shibli's body was found.
The attack on the U.S. consulate in September 2012 left four American's dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
CNN is reporting that a source in Libya has told the news agency that Faraj al-Shibli, a suspect in the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, has been found dead. The source also said that al-Shibli was last seen in the custody of a militia in the town of Marj two days ago. His body was found on Monday.
Locals in the town of Marj also confirmed al-Shibli's body was found.
The attack on the U.S. consulate in September 2012 left four American's dead, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
