(LINK: http://www.npr.org/2012/09/12/161025931/clinton-libya-attack-was-by-small-savage-group)
Mutanatia greeted his students as they entered the room with
a handshake again. “Welcome to week #2 of NPR’s
World Story of the Day from NPR.” He said. “For your enjoyment, the
brainteasers were posted on my facebook page. If you’d like the links, please
comment here. This is also our 12th week. This unit, we’ll hear
about various stories from across the world. This unit also has a heavy
emphasis on the Middle East. September and August were ripe times for
international news. Remember, this is a unit on the Libya embassy attacks for
the next 2 weeks. At the end of next week, you’ll be asked to decide whose side
you agree with more on the initial reading of the situation. Remember that one
side (if you look it up, you’ll know) has already changed their position.”
This lesson comes from September 12th, 2012. It
features Hillary Clinton discussing the attack on Benghazzi, the city where the
embassy was. You will hear her assessment of the situation and remember it as
well. Good luck.
Here are the discussion questions:
1) How
likely, in your opinion, is the Secretary of State’s scenario?
2) Why
did the mob attack the consulate?
He then passed out the homework:
1) Do you
think that this attack in particular was really about the film, or was there a
larger point to it/
I must prefer going back to the earlier post about the Libyan president's assessment, as subsequent events have essentially disproven the protest/mob theory. The notion of a premeditated attack has certainly had a stronger influence on current events in Libya, with a REAL mob kikcing the alleged offenders out of their compound, and a movement afoot to disarm the militias. Even Clinton is now hinting the al-Qaeda was involved, so I'd say the either/or question has been settled in most people's minds.
ReplyDeleteHowever, that still doesn't mean that it's been settled in FACT. For in a rational world, we'd wait for the results of the FBI investigation.
Well, if that's the case, why did the administration originally read it wrong?
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