BENGHAZI BLAME GAME IS POLITICAL THEATER

“In the end I suspect that most people,  including those in the intelligence  community and the administration, will recognize this for what it was – this week’s political theater.” – Ellis Henican

Immediately after the assault on the Benghazi compound, White House officials announced they did not know if it was a terrorist attack, and said they believed it could have been connected to a protest outside the consulate against an anti-Islam video.

When the Administration later confirmed that they now believed it to be a terrorist attack, the Republicans pounced on Obama’s White House.

Romney’s camp has pushed Benghazi to the front of his attacks on Obama (the economy seems to have been back-burnered for now) and now Libya has become the most controversial international issue of the US election – just in time for the debates.

Should the timing of the White House statements about Benghazi  be the focus of so much attention – or is this just the latest round of political theater?

Ellis Henican, Angela McGlowan, James Taranto discuss on Lou Dobbs Tonight:

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