- America's approval rating among Libyans is 54% as of August (higher than Romney or Obama's approval ratings among Americans).
- The new National Congress speaker in Libya has been working for a democratic Libya for more than 30 years.
- The Libyan military came to the rescue of American diplomats and the Libyan government denounced the attack and the attackers.
- Libya's religious leader, the Grand Mufti, issued a fatwa against those who killed American diplomats and Libyan guards. He also condemned the offensive movie.
- On September 21, Libyans in Benghazi responded to the attack with a massive pro-American demonstration estimated at 30,000 people (Benghazi is a city of about 650,000 and the consulate attackers numbered about 100).
- After the "Rally to Save Benghazi," marchers attacked the bases of the militia accused of the consulate attack and drove militia members away.
- Libya has quietly embarked on a democratic change of government, voting out one prime minister on September 12, voting in a new one October 14, Ali Zeidan. A human rights lawyer and career diplomat, who will soon form a new government, Zeidan stated that: "The security file will be my top most priority because all the problems that Libya suffers from stems from security issues. The government will be an emergency government to solve the crises that the country is going through."
4. American Politics Does
Not Encourage Adult Conversation
Whatever the explanation for the Obama Administration's confused handling of the Benghazi aftermath, it almost surely was not an attempt to cover up this kind of progress in a former police state. Yet Republicans continue their attacks and claim a cover-up of -- something. Another variation appeared in an October 19 column by Patrick Buchanan, who was himself hip deep in Watergate, but escaped prosecution.
At the comic and inconclusive Congressional hearing on
Benghazi October 9, Republicans failed to come up with anything remotely
resembling a smoking gun, actually or metaphorically. The only serious Congressional commentary, largely ignored
by the media, was Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, challenging
the legality and even moreso the wisdom of the U.S. role in the world: "We want
to stop attacks on our embassies? Let's stop trying to overthrow governments."
But who wants to pursue that question when there's a chance to argue ad nauseam, but pointlessly about the difference between the meaning of an "act of terror" and an "act of terrorism," without bothering to define either one?
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