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To: longnshort who wrote (763357)1/12/2014 4:19:37 PM
From: puborectalis  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573943
 
the White House could do little to stop the attack which he concludes was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim YouTube video in part aided by the work of non-Al Qaeda related militiamen. Kirkpatrick writes that, while the unease at the embassy was palpable in briefs to the White House, Libyan rebels also seemed to indicate their support for increased investment by American companies, particularly KFC, in Benghazi.

Rather than framing this as "the White House was duped by clever rebels they should have never trusted," the piece seems to tell the reader, at the very least, that he would have believed the same—and at most, that Ambassador Christopher Stevens' faith in the Libyan people caused his own death.