But, but.. The security draw down in advance of this attack leads me to be open to the possibility this was a staged ‘hostage-taking’ gone awry. Why would team 0bama draw down security if they knew Al Qaeda had a lock on Benghazi? Perhaps team 0bama thought this hostage-taking would be successful if the bad guys thought they’d get the Blind Sheik back in return for Stevens.
“But, but . . .” is right! This article doesn’t even refer to the cables released this afternoon! Of course, someone knew this area was problematic (how’s that for understatement?), and the odds are that EVERYONE in the administration who had any need to know DID KNOW what was going on from Hour One. They anticipated it!
Hostage-taking or not (and it’s a reasonable assumption, knowing how these America-haters work), there’s another facet. Stevens’ gayness. Just another PC-reality blind spot? I don’t think so. What kind of monster would place a gay citizen in the den of violent homophobes? But we’re not hearing anything on this aspect at all. Where’s LGBT on this?