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In reply to the discussion: FLASH: U.S. Ambassador to Libya, 3 Other Embassy Staff Killed in Rocket Attack in Benghazi [View all]suffragette
(12,232 posts)161. Something about all this is feeling manufactured to me
Not in a direct cause/effect way, more in a stirring of the pot to produce predictable results at a point in time manner. Not much I can point to as specifics, but it does make the opting out of certain usual strong voices in threads about these nations/topics stand out.
There's also the timing of other recent events, such as Canada (Harper) suddenly closing the Iran embassy and expelling Iran diplomats. One Canadian paper is now calling that act "prescient." Then there is the whole Netanyahu/Harper/Romney/Obama good/bad relations flow of articles recently.
Maybe all of this is coincidence. Maybe not.
BTW, I think you have some very good posts making good points in this thread.
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FLASH: U.S. Ambassador to Libya, 3 Other Embassy Staff Killed in Rocket Attack in Benghazi [View all]
Hissyspit
Sep 2012
OP
with a dead ambassador the villagers will be calling for retaliation. not good.
TeamPooka
Sep 2012
#4
+1 our ire must be at the people who carried out the killing not some idiot movie maker
loli phabay
Sep 2012
#8
I think we may validly place an amount of responsibility at the feet of both parties
LanternWaste
Sep 2012
#120
not sure if you support the killing of the US ambassador but im sure you will clarify, thanks
loli phabay
Sep 2012
#17
I'm saying it's fucking shameful that the US ALWAYS has an excuse for the bodies it creates
Scootaloo
Sep 2012
#117
well we seem to sit on our hands when it's one of Iran's allies killing his own people
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#110
In theory that is right, but contrary to popular belief, not all countries are democratic, or think
still_one
Sep 2012
#111
if we go by the standards of religious nuts then just about everything would be banned
loli phabay
Sep 2012
#18
However if we go by the standards of intelligent people rather than libertarian fuckwits...
Scootaloo
Sep 2012
#37
I think you meant "a hundred and fifty thousand", not "million" (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2012
#74
If the film maker had reason to believe that bombing would be the result then yes
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#98
sharia law? oh please the film makers admit they knew the film would incite violence
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#106
The responsibility for violence lies with the party committing the violence.
Jester Messiah
Sep 2012
#108
again if I knew that ahead of time and did it anyway then I would have some responsibility
azurnoir
Sep 2012
#114
How about they sue the religious fuckwits who can't abide free speech instead? [nt]
Jester Messiah
Sep 2012
#105
Yes it's clearly his fault these people are ignorant and violence prone
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
#123
Michael van Poppel ‏@mpoppel GRAPHIC PHOTO: AFP photo shows man resembling U.S. Ambassador Stevens
Hissyspit
Sep 2012
#12
You need to edit your post to include only 4 paragraphs of the referenced article
CottonBear
Sep 2012
#39
Romney is pissed that President Obama didn't use the opportunity to make them MORE mad. n/t
Ian David
Sep 2012
#76
Repug treason causing another US foreign policy crisis, to mess with US elections, again.
Mc Mike
Sep 2012
#88
Its really notable that NONE of the Arab Spring cheerleaders are on this thread. None.
riderinthestorm
Sep 2012
#115
I'm so glad we toppled that moderate Gaddhaffi and put a bunch of Muslim extremists in
NoMoreWarNow
Sep 2012
#102