Probably. Obama kept the order to stand down because in his mind it was staged...Probably no one was suppose to get hurt, but something went wrong. Perhaps Obama was to have a team to go in and rescue Stevens therefore making Obama look pretty good to the people here in the USA for the election. A pretty crazy scenario, but look at the picture ARGO! Obama thought he could pull it off easily.
You can never control those crazy Muslims actors when you are staging a protest. Sometimes they get carried away with their rolls!