Not Buying the Cover Story

Now that I've had a few seconds to get a couple beers in me, and really look at the evidence before me - and to respond to a comment in my previous post, I've come to a new conclusion.

This isn't about a film school reject's offensive, reprehensible, and irresponsible YouTube video montage. It's about pure rage, resentment, and a coordinated attack against American sovereignty. You know, the kind of coordinated attacks against American Embassies that led up to 9/11 exactly 11 years ago?

The Obama administration is doubling down on its theory that the attack a week ago on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was a "spontaneous" act, despite the Libyan president calling that idea "preposterous." 

The sharply divergent views on what led to the deadly strike in eastern Libya played out across the airwaves Sunday and are sure to generate more questions this week. In two interviews over the weekend, Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif joined other members of his government in declaring the attack a planned assault, possibly by an Al Qaeda-tied group. 

"The idea that this criminal and cowardly act was a spontaneous protest that just spun out of control is completely unfounded and preposterous," Megarif told NPR. 

But U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, in a string of interviews, stood by the administration's position that the Libya attack was just part of the wave of protests over the anti-Islam video circulating on the Internet.