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<blockquote data-quote="Frenchise" data-source="post: 197878" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>I think you're missing something. Based on intial reports, the attack was thought to be terrorist-related. Emails/cables go out, including to the Egyptian PM. Then, as more accounts on the ground come in, there are reports on the ground of the attackers screaming about the video. That happened after the email to the Egyptian PM/family.</p><p></p><p>Considering that there are third party newspaper accounts of the attackers mentioning the video, one cannot say the video had nothing to do with it. As I've said before, there were several indications that the attack was somewhat spontaneous(having only 3 mortars), which indicates the video was a convenient way of rallying the Islamist militia/terror group to attack. Was an attack going to come at some point? Probably, but the video(or to be clearer the Imam on Egyptian TV blaming the US for the video) did play some part in causing the attack on that day, as evidenced by the words of the attackers themselves.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, why on earth would they have told anyone ready to respond to stand down? There's clear evidence the annex station chief got the go ahead to assist. Same for the group from Tripoli. It's not murky. Multiple bipartisan reports agree on that fact. No military assets could assist in time.</p><p></p><p>If I remember correctly, Sheryl Atkinson was fired over shoddy reporting(poorly vetting sources, I think) on that 60 minutes piece, by the way. EDIT: that was Lara Logan, AE did not link that video.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frenchise, post: 197878, member: 1007"] I think you're missing something. Based on intial reports, the attack was thought to be terrorist-related. Emails/cables go out, including to the Egyptian PM. Then, as more accounts on the ground come in, there are reports on the ground of the attackers screaming about the video. That happened after the email to the Egyptian PM/family. Considering that there are third party newspaper accounts of the attackers mentioning the video, one cannot say the video had nothing to do with it. As I've said before, there were several indications that the attack was somewhat spontaneous(having only 3 mortars), which indicates the video was a convenient way of rallying the Islamist militia/terror group to attack. Was an attack going to come at some point? Probably, but the video(or to be clearer the Imam on Egyptian TV blaming the US for the video) did play some part in causing the attack on that day, as evidenced by the words of the attackers themselves. Lastly, why on earth would they have told anyone ready to respond to stand down? There's clear evidence the annex station chief got the go ahead to assist. Same for the group from Tripoli. It's not murky. Multiple bipartisan reports agree on that fact. No military assets could assist in time. If I remember correctly, Sheryl Atkinson was fired over shoddy reporting(poorly vetting sources, I think) on that 60 minutes piece, by the way. EDIT: that was Lara Logan, AE did not link that video. [/QUOTE]
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