“I’ll also add that the release of the apology could have just stoked already heated Islamic groups to riot for the killing of one of their leaders by a drone.”
I agree. The only reason everyone even knew about that video is because of the big advertising push by the WH. If the state department or whatever really thought the video was a cause of violence, why did they deliberately fan the flames? So our freedom of speech could be blamed?
Exactly, when I first heard mention of that video and checked it out it had less than 500 hits before the WH pumped it up.