administration under bush s father, the first bush president. and, therefore, people thought oh, we can have some confidence in this. of course, the opposite was the case. the arrogance of cheney that is shown in that film clip and that we now see exposed is the same arrogance that told him we don t need to go to the united nations. we can defie the united nations on iraq, syria. that is really bad state craft. i its s terrible. it has cost us untold amounts of treasure, blood and a big part of our future. do you think, cynthia, that when people see this documentary, it will only remind them of how insensitive and in denial the bush administration was, and, in particular, vice president cheney? absolutely. ten yearings out, there have been a number of conservatives
that mohammed film clip had been a real movie, the president and all his spokespersons would have made it a blockbuster. they publicized it. the president s attention to it. publicized it throughout the muslim world and you have triggered those riots. i trace it back to them. let me go back for just a moment, bill. i m trying to be fair as well. under condoleeza rice, the state department overdid security to the point they hired thugs, black water types, et cetera, and killed innocent iraqis. i think hillary clinton wanted to do just the opposite. she turned security over to the leftists and there are plenty with the state department. and as a result, you got the other extreme bill: maybe that s the case. but in the wild west of libya, particularly benghazi, you don t take two if do you take two security teams out, you got to explain it. and i think i m explaining it, you can never excuse it.
that mohammed film clip had been a real movie, the president and all his spokespersons would have made it a blockbuster. they publicized it. the president s attention to it. publicized it throughout the muslim world and you have triggered those riots. i trace it back to them. let me go back for just a moment, bill. i m trying to be fair as well. under condoleeza rice, the state department overdid security to the point they hired thugs, black water types, et cetera, and killed innocent iraqis. i think hillary clinton wanted to do just the opposite. she turned security over to the leftists and there are plenty with the state department. and as a result, you got the other extreme bill: maybe that s the case. but in the wild west of libya, particularly benghazi, you don t take two if do you take two security teams out, you got to explain it. and i think i m explaining it, you can never excuse it.
anti-muslim film clip trying to quell the criticism that he s looked weak on foreign policy. in his last big speech on a global stage before the november election, president obama said this as president of our country, and commander and chief of our military, i accept people are going to call me awful things every day. and i will always defend their right to do so. we do so because in a diverse society, efforts to restrict speech can quickly become a tool to oppress minoritieminorities. we do so because given the power of faith in our lives and the passion, religious differences can inflame. hateful speech is not repress n repression, it s more speech. the bigotry and plas fi and lift up the values of understanding
shannon: for now, violence in the middle-east appears to be cooling off, but protests are expected to continue for days, according to leon panetta, the state department is ready to protect any u.s. interests abroad. google is keeping a controversial film clip on onyoutube, though some argue it s that clip that started the violence. a top foreign policy adviser to governor mitt romney is suggesting that the deadly attack in libya would never have happened if governor romney were president. former ambassador richard williamson has a criticism, saying, president obama can t keep track of who is our enemy or not. it s amateur hour, amateur hour. the former assistant secretary of defense is here, douglas