No, it wasn't.
Libyan president says attack was planned terrorism - New York Daily News
Of course there were things that could have been done. First and foremost they could have provided more security when Stevens repeatedly asked for it. That alone may have saved the lives of those four men. But those requests were turned down by officials in D.C.
Did the video insult Mohammed and Muslims?
Sure and had the video been the reason for the attack, the attack would have happened months earlier, when the film was first released. But the attack didn't happen then, it happened months later on the anniversary of 9/11.
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Reaction should have been, if it was genuine, should have been six months earlier. So it was postponed until the 11th of September.”
Even the WH eventually admitted the attack was due to terrorists, rather than the film (well, except for Obama. Natch)
White House admits attack in Libya that killed ambassador Chris Stevens was act of terror | Mail Online
Obama finally, finally admitted that yes the attack was planned, was done by terrorists and was not due to the film. On
The View. Good gawd.
Cripes, two hours after the attacks began the WH knew that this was not due to the reaction of some film.
Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.
White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails | Reuters
This, just two days after the attack:
“The attack would have taken place regardless of the protest against a movie that insults Islam,” Benotman, who is a former member of the Libyan Islamist Fighting Group, told CNN.
The protests, which took place the same evening as the armed assault, were nominally directed against an amateur film trailer produced by a US resident, seen as insulting to the Prophet Mohamed.
But the Quilliam Foundation believes it is more likely that the armed assault was a response to a video statement released by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks of 11 September 2001.
In the video, Zawahiri confirmed the recent killing of his deputy Abu Yahya al-Libi in a US drone strike in June, and called on Libyans to avenge his death.
US Consulate in Benghazi attack: What happened, and why? | Egypt Independent
Obama lied when he said, for weeks, that the cause of the attack was due to the film. Period. But if you want to keep believing that lie, go for it.
