Libya and Egypt Attacks

Agree, it's a sad day.

I think from a political standpoint this is going to force the President to defend his foreign policy strategy with the Arab Spring and Israel.  One could argue that Obama is almost weaker on foreign policy than he is on the economy.

I honestly don't understand for the life of me what Obama is doing with Israel.  I will give him one thing, he's ignoring the political consequences for whatever agenda he's working towards.

Why would be using free speech be wrong? I haven’t seen the this video so I don't know if it's hate speech or just a contradictory view but either way I think if you speak out against someone they retort in violence it's wrong.

Mohamed al-Zawahiri -- the brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri -- added, "We called for the peaceful protest joined by different Islamic factions including the Islamicc Jihad (and the) Hazem Abu Ismael movement."

"We were surprised to see the big numbers show up, including the soccer Ultra fans," he said. "I just want to say, how would the Americans feel if films insulting leading Christian figures like the pope or historical figures like Abraham Lincoln were produced?

How would we react? There might be protests, but we damn sure wouldn't be killing people. Freedom of speech, even though it may be hateful or disgusting, is a constitutional right and a cornerstone of our legal and societal systems. Civilized people respond in a civilized manner.

 Exactly it happens quite often actually..  South Park is pretty good about picking on everything, but even when they were going to do show on Muhammad Comedy Central edited them quite a bit.  That Never happed  for all the episodes of thier Jesus character.  (which were quite funny) .   Maybe Christians are just used to it or have a better sense of humor.   It might be me or what gets reported but it seems that when ever Muhammad is going to be portrayed poorly, certain groups of muslim object by using threats of violence or actual violence

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/12/us-ambassador-to-libya-and-3-embassy-staff-members-reportedly-killed-in-libya/

I think he was pretty clear in his address this morning. I would also argue he has pretty good credibility in the use of deadly force when pursuing terrorists.

From Fox News-

President Obama condemned the "outrageous and shocking" attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that left the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans dead, as he and other officials vowed to "bring justice" to the killers while moving quickly to bolster security in Libya and at other diplomatic posts. 

"Make no mistake. Justice will be done," Obama said, speaking from the Rose Garden alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 

"Make no mistake. We will work with the Libyan government to bring justice to killers who attack our people," Obama said, adding:  "There is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. None."

i saw an interview last night where an analyst for some terrorism and foreign affairs think-tank said that this kind of action in Libya and Egypt is becuase a growing majority of people of these countries don't distinquish the difference between an 'american individual' and the 'american governmet'.  so when some individual american yahoo mouths off or makes a ignorant video the people in these countries imediately blame the U.S. as a whole.  i definately agree with that statement and i think this kind of logic will only cause things to, unfortunately, get worse before they get better.

the quran burnings are another example...some idiots burn some qurans to show their personal beliefs, and the response from those same populations in muslim countries was that all americans should die. 

i hope he means, "we'll give the Libyan govt a chance to help, but if they don't, we'll hunt them down on our own...no matter what anyone says.  becuase that's what happens when you mess with us."

It's not an apology, it's a statement trying to separate the beliefs of an individual from those of the Embassy and US Government. It was released BEFORE the attacks.

I can only assume Obama did not mention Egypt as his speech was focused on Stevens and the deaths in Libya.

Sorry.  I don't see an apology in that link. 

Even Al Jazeera isn't claiming what you're claiming.  I personally think you have a skewed world view and see everything through that filter, but you're welcome to your opinion.

As for the timing, it's getting attention now, because it was just aired and made public in Egypt on Sept 8th, in Arabic.

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How did an obscure film come to have international ramifications?

A trailer of the film was first posted on YouTube by a user called "sam bacile" in July 2012, and has received about 11,000 views to date.

The trailer began to get much more attention in September. On September 4, the same user posted a version dubbed in Arabic, which has garnered more than 70,000 views.

Morris Sadek, a Coptic Christian born in Egypt but who lives in the US, told AP he had been promoting the film on his website. He also tweeted a link to the trailer on September 9.

Sadek, the head of the National American Coptic Assembly, is known for his vehemently anti-Islam views, and told the Wall Street Journal that “the violence that it [the film] caused in Egypt is further evidence of how violent the religion and people are”.

 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/09/201291214042970150.html

So, it's become an issue because people ( with an anti-islamic agenda ) who know exactly what sort of reaction they can provoke are stirring up trouble and kicking a hornet's nest.