4 ms·
You're getting into dangerously ignorant territory with those words, and you haven't even done your research. Stop. That has no place here. The protest, by som
by koko775 14y ago
You're getting into dangerously ignorant territory with those words, and you haven't even done your research. Stop. That has no place here.
The protest, by some accounts, was for the most part not violent. The violence that did happen was a planned and targeted action perpetrated by a highly trained militia exploiting the cover of the protests.
Reinforcements were delayed intentionally, and the second attack clearly accounted for the contingency of a saferoom escape by smoking them out. Indeed, several hours before the attack occurred, it's possible that the area was being scoped out, and pictures taken.
Furthermore, the group that is apparently responsible has been identified, and is being pursued.
If you want to know more, the middle-eastern thread at SomethingAwful is tracking developments.
- _pius 14y agoI'm not sure why the parent is being downvoted, but it's consistent with the intelligence that's been released.
- joshAg 14y agoweird that this is greyed out, since it seems to match all the source my fb friends and i have found: http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/13/libya-attacks-a-wake-up-call-for-us-policy-in-middle-east/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/13/libya-attacks-a-wake-up-... http://www.juancole.com/2012/09/romney-jumps-the-shark-libya-egypt-and-the-butterfly-effect.html http://www.juancole.com/2012/09/romney-jumps-the-shark-libya... http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14332 http://www.libyaherald.com/?p=14332 http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0912/Libya-attack-Who-s-behind-the-inflammatory-YouTube-video http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0912/Libya-attack-... http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/libya-fast-team/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/libya-fast-team/
- powertower 14y agoYou're talking about 1 small part, of a much larger picture. The protests are still going on strong and spreading, and while they might have been started by 1 specific covert agenda, they are now being driven by anti-American and anti-Western sentiment, which appears to be deep seated.
- slurgfest 14y agoWhile there is plenty of anti-American sentiment in the Middle East, and it relates to protests, I'm not sure that has so much to do with the destruction of the embassy and the murder of the Libyans and Americans there. I don't think that the President being seen to support deliberate antagonism of deep religious prejudices (by parties interested in more and worse war) will help. You don't see the President publicly supporting strident anti-semitism or holocaust denialism or racism or eugenics, either - though those are taboos for western society more than for predominantly Muslim societies; consider how much Ahmedinejad's casual holocaust denial has done to maintain anger about Iran in the West.