Speculating, he and/or his subordinates either mis-assessed the situation or tried to adhere to his policies of no military action to keep from alienating his base. He screwed up. He should have come clean or told us nothing citing a investigation. Blaming a video, imprisoning the maker, and trying to convince radicals they had nothing to do with the video was the wrong tact.
jpttm October 31, 2012
at 8:42pm
Speculating, he and/or his subordinates either mis-assessed the situation or tried to adhere to his policies of no military action to keep from alienating his base. He screwed up. He should have come clean or told us nothing citing a investigation. Blaming a video, imprisoning the maker, and trying to convince radicals they had nothing to do with the video was the wrong tact.