# Rice blamed "extremists w/ heavy weapons" not protesters, crowds or movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 19, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-blamed-extremists-w-heavy-weapons-not-protesters-crowds-or-movie/658717 "2013-05-19T02:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-blamed-extremists-w-heavy-weapons-not-protesters-crowds-or-movie/658717/24 "2013-05-20T13:27:34Z")
On Oct 17th, we had this exchange on the SDMB. This is a full month after the attacks on 9/11/12, and you’ve got posters on the SDMB who still didn’t know that the attacks weren’t just a riot and were rather a planned and coordinated assault. This is after it had been widely reported and was known by the media and anyone paying attention. This speaks volumes about the administrations ability to craft a narrative that people buy into without questioning. > [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/899): > > Weren’t the crowds in Cairo protesting the video the day before the attack in Libya? Also, it was the _Libyans_ who told on-scene reporters that the video was the reason for the riot. Good for the administration to wait until all the facts were known. > [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/905): > > That’s just the thing. There wasn’t a riot. > > It didn’t happen. It was either a mistake or a lie to claim there was a riot depending on how much you trust the administration. > > There was an organized terror attack in Libya on 9/11/2012, not a mob rioting. No one disputes this anymore. > > I guess we can put to bed the argument that Obama Administration couldn’t possibly have been hoping to deceive the American people about the nature of the attack since there’s someone right here in this thread who still insists that some riot took place, rather than an organized and planned terror attack. > > Have you been reading the thread? You should make some effort to have knowledge of the basic facts before participating. > [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/906): > > My guess is friend Debaser isn’t hung up on facts and reality. Attack Obama with every breath, ignore the details. Rinse, later, repeat. > > Edited to add: What the fuck are you even talking about, Debaser? > [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/908): > > In fact there is plenty of dispute. > [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/910): > > There was no riot in Libya at all? This is literally the first time I’ve heard this. I tried several Google searches using variations on “Libya riot,” but I haven’t found anything that indicates that there were no riots at all. What source am I missing for this story? > [@The second presidential debate: 10/16/2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-second-presidential-debate-10-16-2012/637847/923): > > [Boston Globe Today](http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/17/debate-president-obama-and-mitt-romney-leave-out-libya-details/RctYXwbiSV2NoznKJgVSVP/story.html) > > [Lindsey Graham on the 15th of this month](http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20121015/NEWS/310150009/Graham-criticizes-administration-Libya-attack?odyssey=nav%7Chead) > > [Romney, during the debate said it.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/2012-presidential-debate-president-obama-and-mitt-romneys-remarks-at-hofstra-university-on-oct-16-running-transcript/2012/10/16/be8bfb9a-17dd-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_story_4.html) > > Obama didn’t challenge this. It’s not in dispute, except I guess to those of you who don’t know. How is it possible, that despite it being reported in every newspaper in the country that **Miller** and others had no idea what the attack was about? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-blamed-extremists-w-heavy-weapons-not-protesters-crowds-or-movie/658717)._