That was the plan. Hostage-taking that went awry. 0bama stuck with the ‘anti-Islam movie’ narrative, however. I guess he figured he’d fulfill part of the mission. He couldn’t fix the killing part.
I have yet to be convinced on the hostage taking. I think the expectation was that Obama's rebels armed to the teeth were going to move on to Syria. I think he got caught with his pants down in Libya. He advertised that video over and over and over again as if he wanted worldwide Muslim outrage. When did Obama know who exactly that film maker was? Seems really strange that nothing else has been leaked or reported on exactly who that film maker is.