Wow Jack Jacabs admits that the US is responsible

[malaise]

for the mess in the ME because of four decades of US policies towards the region.
I'm shocked I temm you...shocked!

[Laurajr]

1. Jack Jacobs equals

All Ego

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

2. Our highly illegal policy of drone assassination...

...is understandably engendering widespread and deep seeded hatred towards the US all across the Middle East.

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[Angry Dragon]

3. Six decades would be closer to the truth .......... since 1953 at least

[randome]

4. In case no one has been paying attention...

...the thinking is that Libya was the result of internal power struggles propagated by groups trying to score points with their followers.

I know it's fashionable to want the U.S. to be at fault but that does not seem to be the case here.

I don't think anyone is mentioning drones except talking heads and posters at DU.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

5. "The thinking?"

Whose thinking? Yours? Please feel free to provide source links so everyone can read all about "the thinking."

[randome]

6. Fareed Zakaria stated it on CNN. No link for that.

But here's one: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-muslim-protests-two-myths-down-three-to-go/262375/

[randome]

7. And here is some more from Zakaria.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/12/six-things-to-know-about-attack-that-killed-ambassador-stevens/

But sources tracking militant Islamist groups in eastern Libya say a pro-al Qaeda group responsible for a previous armed assault on the Benghazi consulate is the chief suspect.

They also note that the attack immediately followed a call from al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri for revenge for the death in June of Abu Yahya al-Libi, a senior Libyan member of al Qaeda.

U.S. sources also have said they believed the attack was planned and used the protest as a diversion, though the sources could not say whether the attackers instigated the protest or merely took advantage of it.

I suppose you could say we are 'responsible' by trying to eradicate Al-Qaeda but that's not much of a policy, it's trying to remove an admitted terrorist organization.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

8. Thank you for the links.

While I do take Robert Wright seriously and often find his thoughts/observations to be insightful and thought provoking (The Evolution of God), I think he misses the mark here. I suppose there are many places we can turn for commentary. Max Blumenthal hits closer to my take on the Benghazi incident:

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Klein appears to be allied with the National American Coptic Assembly, a radical Islamophobic group headed by Morris Sadik. Sadik claims to have discovered the film and began promoting it online. Once it went viral, the trailer was translated into Arabic, sparking outrage in the Middle East, and ultimately, to the deadly attacks. . . .

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Source: http://maxblumenthal.com/2012/09/meet-the-right-wing-extremist-behind-anti-muslim-film-that-sparked-deadly-riots/