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everyone knew this was terrorist activity. When you attack an embassy it's a terrorist act. No one has argued that it wasn't.

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Five days after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice described what precipitated the deadly incident based on initial intelligence that later proved incorrect, the deputy CIA director told Congress on Thursday.

In a closed-door session with the House Intelligence committee, Mike Morell said Rice was provided with an unclassified version of events at the U.S. mission in Benghazi that left American Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others dead, according to Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the panel.

The assessment concluded that a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim video had evolved into an attack on the American consulate, a description that Rice presented in television interviews the Sunday morning after the attack. LINK

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However it seems for some reason the GOP doesn't like that a video may have added fuel to the fire with these middle easterners. They think it is a big conspiracy. A conspiracy to accomplish what exactly they won't say. If Obama would have used the word terrorist activity more would it have made the GOP happier? To what end. Makes no sense.

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One doesn't justify the other, but it seems like Republicans are more interested in discrediting Obama whenever they can than they are about doing anything positive. Maybe that's why Obama was re-elected.

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Petraeus knew "almost immediately"
That Benghazi attack was linked to terrorists. According to CNN

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The assessment concluded that a spontaneous protest over an anti-Muslim video had evolved into an attack on the American consulate, a description that Rice presented in television interviews the Sunday morning after the attack.

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No, the GOP called it what it was.... a BULL shite EXCUSE and MISINFORMATION!

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What would they have to gain by saying the video was involved in feuling these attacks

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the particular attack in Benghazi was more preplanned than they thought apparantly. Doesn't mean it wasn't a terrorist act. The embassy was attacked, and 4 americans were killed, that was obviously known at that time, of course that is a terrorist act. That would seem self explanatory. They seemed to be searching for the reasons for the attack.

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to what gain? There must be some upside to it for the Dems to go to all this trouble right? What would they have to gain by saying the video was involved in feuling these attacks. So the degree that the video was or was not related to the attacks is the big gotcha the GOP is after?

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Hey, at least I didn't say that "Linsey Graham" (sic) was the senator from Georgia.

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ok then, with out looking it up name every senator and what state they are from.

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I think there are two possible scenarios

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Reagan was pretty much immune to criticism at the same level.

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The administration narrative was that an Arab Spring had ushered in new opportunities for diplomatic engagement in the Middle East, that al Qaeda was defeated.

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exactly, people just get tired of all the political games. The Dems may have there share of loons, Pelosi, but the GOP is just dominated by them these days, to there own detriment.

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The CIA talking points release by CBS wasn't the CIA document. The actual document mentioned AQ and likely a terrorist attack. Someone rewrote it. Those testifying couldnt say who rewrote it.

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Yeah, I remember how the media and Dems kept Iran-Contra on the back pages.

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