NO ONE remembers early intel coming in from Benghazi WHILE Muslim world was on fire over that offensive film? CONTEXT! NOT "lie"!
It's just a damn shame. Doesn't anybody remember that film? It was deliberately meant to be provocative and offensive to Islam and released to stir shit up. As I recall, it seemed as though the entire Arab world was enflamed. There was a HUGE uproar. There were protests, angry crowds, fires and civil unrest in the streets, all over the Middle East.
And in those situations, intel from those areas is spotty, unconfirmed, and it takes awhile to get to the bottom of things. Seems to me, anyway, that it was an easy connection to make - that Benghazi was another episode of the intense and violent reaction to that film. Seems like a no-brainer to me. Given what else was going on all over that region, as a result of that film, seems like a reasonable assumption to make. And when there's tremendous widespread civil disruption like that, it takes awhile to sort through the rumors and bits of intel and whatever information can be confirmed or discounted. It takes awhile to get to the bottom of things and find out the truth. So to claim that because Hillary didn't have all the confirmed, vetted intel to make an informed opinion about what had happened and what set it off, that means she lied? WTF? Or is this just another situation in which Hillary must not ever be given the benefit of the doubt?
Am I crazy? Am I remembering incorrectly? 'Cause that's what I remember from watching that coverage. The whole Arab world was up in arms. People were beyond outraged. I think I remember Cairo being one of the cities that was literally in flames. I mean - it was pretty damn vivid television. And I remember thinking that as I watched it. Why would it be unreasonable, in the few days immediately after the Benghazi attack (when I believe she meet with the families), to assume that this stemmed from more outrage about that horrible anti-Islam propaganda film? Why does that get turned into "she LIED!"? (Well, never mind, I KNOW the answer to that one.)
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