the attack on the consulate was just a bad outcome of our activities there.

I'm pretty sure debate was shut down in the House early on when someone began to spill the beans. I can't remember how the guy put it but I saw it. He eluded to an "agency" involved or something like that?

miraculously found "no wrongdoing" on their part and you notice no one's dragging Petraeus or Morrell or Donilon the National Security Advisor or Leon Panetta back to testify. They don't want to go there. Edit to add: Rand Paul's presidential aspirations were pretty much over when he asked Clinton about running guns to Turkey in 2013--they shut that down real quick.

It isn't more differentiated than that.

Now the US has to defend the OIL PORT from Libya.

OK?

The video created by the Coptic Christian was intended to cause a protest/incite to riot Muslims in the region and everywhere if possible. It was a cynical effort to stoke violence on the anniversary of 9/11 at a time there had been relative peace with no terrorist attacks on Americans in a very long time. So of course FNC and Romney jumped all over it. Suddenly, 8 weeks before the election FNC started trumpeting the "terrorist attacks", which to many appeared related to the video.

"Innocence of Muslims" was an obscure Internet video until September 11, when rioters, seizing on it, breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Protesters also attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

I recall the debate about whether or not Obama adequately described the attack on the diplomats in Benghazi as an act of terror. He did. Once. And for Republicans you have to say it 100 times for it to penetrate anyone.

The GOP is a mass of fear wrapped in propaganda. Obama didn't play along, won and now Hillary must pay for their 2012 loss in 2015.

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1971/jul-aug/mallin.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3234249?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Generally today, we call attacks by non-state actors against non-military targets for religious, ideological, or political goals "terrorism".

I always figured he knew something very early he started parsing words terrorist attack up to the getting his ass handed to him in a debate. I have always suspected this was a CIA operation gone wrong and Republicans made the mistake of trying to make political capital. Coincidently Patreaus and his honey (who was talking too much) almost let the cat out of the bag. The best part of all of this Republicans are left with the worst field of candidates for 2016 imaginable. They didn't get Hillary. The conversation touched on about who got fired and had a letter put in their file was fascinating no names required. Could there have been an operation by Republicans going along with this sad affair? Was the director of the CIA set up by his girl friend? Was the video that sparked this a Republican dirty trick? We mortals will be kept in the dark.