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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]romney's statement was dumb as hell and a complete attempt to gain some political points.

having said that, lets pretend he never released the statement. arent there real questions we have to ask regarding these attacks?

why didnt our intelligence get any indication on this attack?
is these protests really about this stupid video?
was stevens a target and if so, go back to my first question?

so basically, we have some real issues here outside of the whole romney mucking everything up with his statement.

does anyone else agree? and can we not mention romney's statement at all in this discussion because you are muddying the waters. assume the attack happened and we are only dealing with that.[/quote]

I think it is damn well impossible to know of every group of 10-20 people who wants to hurt us.  This is not an intelligence failure; it should be expected when that many people take up arms against us.

I think the protests really are about this stupid video, and they can sometimes be violent.  It is to me the result of people who have lived in a world where attention only comes through violence, speech is suppressed, governments are not controlled by the people, and those governments do not keep the peace.

Stevens was not a direct target, based on how he died.  But I'm not sure it matters when you attack like that.[/quote]

i dont think we are certain that this is a "small" group as you indicated first of all. second, our intelligence doesnt just gather information on "big hits". we have people all over the world data mining and gathering info. even if the main intent is to focus on the big targets, you eventually trip up on even small things just doing your job (this assuming your theory of a small group is correct).

finally, i dont mean to minimize the video or how muslims get offended when their religion gets mocked, i am more so thinking that there is something bigger in play here. i mean im sure many of us here in the US werent aware of this movie before stevens death, yet people in the middle east knew? how is that?

i hope nothing i am suggesting sounds like im trying to be a conspiracy theorist because that is not my intent. i just think we have way too many questions unanswered and unfortunately our focus has been on the romney comments. again, sure they were dumb. now lets move on and figure out the real story because the romney statement is noise right now. [/quote]

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