The Obama administration is being criticized for not better protecting Ambassador Chris Stevens and the three Americans killed along with him. Critics are saying that he shouldn’t been at the consulate in Benghazi, which was not as well protected as the embassy in Tripoli, on 9/11. But I don’t believe we know all the facts. What if he was told/advised/warned not to go, and he went anyway? He believed, with some justification, that he was popular in Libya and especially well-liked in Benghazi because of his efforts supporting the rebels before Qaddafi was overthrown. He also knew that the country is filled with terrorists, especially the eastern part where Benghazi is.
But if the Ambassador was not following instructions or advice, is the President or Hillary Clinton going to stand there at Andrews Air Force Base in front of his casket and say, “We told him to stay in Tripoli and hunker down?” Of course not.
In general, we’re hearing stuff from all sides that doesn’t make sense. At the White House, Jay Carney is arguing that the Benghazi murders were because of the inflammatory video “Innocence of Muslims.” He is saying that while others in the administration and in Congress, who have access to classified materials, are saying that the Benghazi attack was separate from and unrelated to the video-related violence. They believe that it was revenge for the killing of Al Qaeda’s #2 in Pakistan in June, who was a Libyan. The fact that it occurred on 9/11 seems to bolster that theory. Someone Stevens trusted, but who was really working for the terrorists, may have lured him to Benghazi so he’d be there on 9/11.
On the other end of our political spectrum, The Weekly Standard has an article up on their web site, “The Video Didn’t Do It,” by Lee Smith. Smith argues that none of the violence we’ve been seeing in 20 different countries is because of the video, which I believe is equally wrong. He says the attacks are about “American principles and power and policy.” Well, yes, but anti-American sentiment is a big wood pile always sitting there waiting for a match. The video was that match.
It seems as if two different things happened simultaneously. As best I can tell right now, the Benghazi murders were Al Qaeda or Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists seeking revenge for a murder in June and seeking to show they can still hit us on a 9/11 anniversary. People protesting a video don’t show up with rocket propelled grenades and mortars. It was a sophisticated attack at two locations, the consulate itself and then the safe house. The other attacks seem to be sparked by the video.
Embattled Farmers 
Those who wanted to kill Americans used the video purely as a lame excuse and causation but it was a pseudo cause. The video is stupid, amateurishly made and had nothing to do with the murders.
The real killers incited the uneducated 5th century mentality stone throwers to attack the embassy. They did not kill our people because of a stupid video because they coundn’t kill anyone with sticks and stones. The killing was done by well armed terrorists and Egypt and Lybia ought to know their responsibilities in protecting sovereign embassy people and property. These evil forces are there and it is the new governments that we helped establish who are responsible for Tge security breach.