[Mr. Silverback]

If they had said that instead of pretending this was a sudden attack inspired by a YouTube video, they might have gotten away with it. There might have been some arguments about whether it was the right call, but nobody would be calling them liars or have a mental image of Obozo leaving Americans to die and then hanging with donors in Vegas.

[StAnDeliver]

"If they had said that instead of pretending this was a sudden attack inspired by a YouTube video, they might have gotten away with it."

I was struck too by the narcissism component of the response. Like crazy-under-stress here's-my-id-unmasked.