[quote=FlyerInHi]A lot to do about nothing.
Sure there was not enough security. And the whole thing could have been managed better. But collateral damage in the fog of war is par for the course.
Stevens was likely a spook siding with the rebels against khadafi. If not a spook, he acted with conviction and knew that the American ambassador’s presence would give a boost to the revels. He knew the risks of going to the consulate in Benghazi instead of staying holed up in the basement of the embassy in tripoli, or flying home to safety.
Chris Stevens did an exemplary job as a diplomat. Diplomats should take some risks to advance our interests and fix problems before we need to intervene militarily. May he rest in peace.[/quote]
FIH: Stevens was not a spook, he was a US Ambassador. The conflict to unseat Gaddafi had already taken place and Stevens was there to provide diplomatic cover for s CIA operation to move weapons from Libya to the anti-Assad forces in Syria. These are the facts, which you were not apparently aware of, and they are not being disputed.
What is being disputed, however, is the ass-covering exercise that followed.
To use the phrase “fog of war” is disingenuous. There was a drone circling the action, providing a real-time feed, so that certainly puts paid to the notion that this situation was somehow confusing. As Greg Hicks testimony indicates, Madame Secretary was made quickly aware exactly what this was and why it was happening (and it didn’t have shit to do with a YouTube video). The administration tried to peddle that lie for nearly two weeks, including violating the producer’s First Amendment rights in the process.
The lies, obfuscation, equivocation have continued since. Sure a lot of smoke and fire over nothing.
