David Kirkpatrick & David Ignatius

with David Kirkpatrick and David Ignatius
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David Kirkpatrick of The New York Times & David Ignatius of The Washington Post on the attacks in Libya

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Benghazi
attack
U.S. Consulate
Libya
diplomats

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    1. St89  09/21/2012 05:44 PM Report

      I noticed that the really smart people at the US State Department sent the Mr. Stevens to negotiate with the Al Queda Al CIA DA and well the Mr. Stevens leaned towards smoking the pole, which I'm sure the Jews at the State Department knew, so I had to ask...Cui Bono? Why send the nice white man to Libya with the musical tastes?

      Why?

      Paging Dr. Perle....

      Is that you Mr. Wolf? A Witzzz

      Mr. Quadaffi wasn't an Al Queda kind of guy one had to ponder who, just who might want to tip over a hornets nest after grabbing Libya anyways?

      I heard from the birdies that were in the trees at Bilderburger 2012 in that crap hotel that they wanted the Middle East on fire!

      I mean the thug group knew exactly where to find the Mr. Stevens after he was whisked away to safety....

      This is one for Columbo.

      Charlie, could you interview that Columbo guy? I thinks we could get to the bottoms of this.

    2. Ellen_Dibble  09/13/2012 02:29 PM Report

      Charlie Rose asked about connections with the post-Islamic spring governments, and I was thinking of a very interesting quick interview this morning on BBC World News radio with an Egyptian MP Amr Hamzawi, who is at twitter under Hamzaniamr, if anybody can read Arabic. But I'd be happy to hear a lot more from him, for one.

    3. REMant  09/13/2012 12:45 PM Report

      All of this omits the very real possibility that extremists motivated by al-Zawahiri's call to avenge the killing of al-Libi, the Libyan-born cleric who was a bin Laden aide, found the Cairo fracas convenient cover. The Post reported yesterday morning: "Quillam, a respected British think-tank that monitors extremist groups, said its sources in Libya and elsewhere in the region described the attack as a well-planned assault that occurred in two waves and was organized by a group of about 20 militants. The first wave involved driving the Americans from the consulate, and the second was a coordinated attack using a rocket-propelled grenade after they were taken to another location." Others say the dead Americans were found in the compound.

      I find the release of this video online suspiciously timed considering the slap delivered - I think rightly - to Bibi's apparent attempt to insinuate himself and his problem with Iran into the election, altho I understand excerpts of it appeared as early as July 2. Israel, it seems, is in no position to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, and therefore all this blather must be designed to goad this country into acting for it. However, it is alleged this Sam Bacile who says he is an Israeli Jew, is in fact a 55-year-old Copt named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula who did time for identity theft. When events like these happen the very first thing the press, and indeed everyone, ought to do is look for provocateurs, or as any old-fashioned sleuth, the motive.

      What I think really IS extreme is the idea that the prophet should be treated in the same manner as God, after the manner of Jesus. If you make men into gods then you can expect them to act like men not God. What piece of footage shot in the Middle East today isn't accompanied by cries of God is Great? But what after all is the OT prohibition against idols about? What the point of an invisible God, if not to keep men from thinking they can tell Him what to do? This is a fine point, of course. When, at the start of the American Revolution, Tories said that it too was irreligious, Sam Adams countered by arguing God helps those who help themselves. But that may have been the only time he invoked the Deity.