# Libya "scandal" - what motivation is suspected?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-scandal-what-motivation-is-suspected/638047 "2012-10-17T19:03:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libya-scandal-what-motivation-is-suspected/638047/11 "2012-10-17T20:46:26Z")

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Just to put it in perspective, from the debate thread:

> [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/945):
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> I would just like to point out that I have a reasonably good mix of liberals and conservatives on my Facebook list, and nobody on there is talking about this whole “acts of terror” vs. “terrorism” thing at all. Not even a little bit. Seriously, nobody cares. Romney looked like a tool on this topic during the debate. No amount of semantic nitpicking after the fact is going to change that. That’s how these things go.

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