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The Ludicrous Right Wing 'Benghazi-Gate' Fake Scandal Gets Even More Ludicrous

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)11/17/2012 1:10:27 pm PST

re: #93 AntonSirius

Charles, I guess I just don’t get why you’re digging in on this. To me, it makes more sense, and better fits the facts as we now know them, to say that anger at the video was just a convenient cover for a pre-planned attack, rather than the prime motivation for one.

Why does it make more sense, when the group that attacked had launched an attack over a video before, and they stated that the video was their motivation? What do you think the motivation for the attack was?

If further evidence comes out that pushes things back towards the original theory I will give you all the mea culpas you want.

Why is this a subject for mea culpas either way?

We know that attacks on our embassies did occur because of the video— attacks occurred all over the world because of it. Luckily none of the rest of them resulted in as dramatic a tragedy, but they still happened. We know the video inspired attacks or at least gave propaganda to those who inspire attacks.

Likewise, we know we get attacked by terrorists for long-standing and fundamental reasons: i.e. they just plain hate us and want us out of the Middle East, etc.

So why is this a subject where the motivation is of immediate concern to publicly nail down? That’s the part I really don’t get about this. SFZ is curious about it. That makes sense. Is it just interest for you as well?