Sigonella Naval Air Station is 470 miles from Bengazi. Maybe the media should realize that not everyone is as stupid as they would like us to be.
David Ignatius has always been a shill for the "progressives". This is what he wrote a few days after the Banghazi murders:
CIA documents supported Susan Rices description of Benghazi attacks
Read it all and don't miss this:
The analysts seem confident that al-Qaedas new leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, played no direct role in the Benghazi events, even though he called on Sept. 10 for revenge attacks against the United States. Hes not a manager, hes not a planner, hes not an operator. Hes a theologian, and that doesnt have much resonance now. Hes almost irrelevant, hes so concerned about his security, so hunkered down, said the senior official.
What Ignatius did not write was that the Zawahiri's video called for attacks on Americans in Libya as noted by both CNN:
On September 10 -- at least 18 hours before the attack -- al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a video timed for the anniversary of 9/11, called for attacks on Americans in Libya to avenge the death of al-Libi.
and Reuters. (The post contains the direct link to Reuters.)
So here we have a little down-loaded video clip (though quoted on Egyptian television 9/9/12) and another video demnding "direct action" against Americans in Libya by a senior al-Qaida operative. Difficult chioce, but the "senior CIA analyst" and Ignatius immediately come down on the side of the Muhammed video. Of course!
There just are too many trees to see the forrest, aren't there?
Personally, I'm of the opinion that if there really was a real "CIA analyst" whowas interviewed by Ignatius that analysis was a case of self-serving CYA. And a journalist who had had another agenda than protecting the adminstration would have seen that.