America Abroad Under Attack, and yet...

...why isn't anyone asking how Mitt Romney seems to have known more than he should, let alone EARLIER than he should, and thus, as usual in his campaign, spoke EARLIER than he should, which, in this case, turned out to come before he knew EVERYTHING he should have known?

And why, when just yesterday, everyone (including Republicans who, at their kindest, called his remarks, "ill-advised") felt Romney's speech was bad, but today, it's as if the Republicans had all been gathered together and reminded that Romney was their - hello? - candidate (maybe they used a Vulcan mind-meld?), so now they're backpedaling like nobody's business and  *shakes head in disbelief* supporting his remarks?

Here's another question: why isn't anyone calling Romney on how he knew what he did? The media seems so focused on the fact that he chastised the American Embassy for, GOD FORBID, apologizing, that they seem to have missed the fact that he spoke in direct opposition to what was actually happening. Sure, they keep reminding folks that the American Embassy made their apologetic remarks before the attacks, but they're missing the connection; the connection that Romney had to know the film was going to hit, that it would cause an upheaval - and - that the Embassy would try to quell the natural anger the so-called 'film' would invoke by apologizing for it, thus allowing him to ride in on his white horse and say, in effect, "We never apologize! We're Americans!" - at the same time our Embassy was under attack and our Ambassador - dead. 

Even worse? In spite of people having actually died and our embassies abroad still in danger, the whole thing has become fodder for a FUCKING campaign - with people actually taking sides regarding Romney's "ill-advised" speech! As if there could be sides to take????

Good GOD, people, this is not the time for this kind of claptrap. We need to shut up and let the professionals try to save the situation. I mean, really, whatever happened to HONOR?

And how hard is it to understand this situation?

In a nutshell: An anti-Islam film was released which was, to say the very least, insulting, so an embassy on the firing line quickly attempted to quell any violence by trying to explain said film (I won't dignify it by calling it a 'documentary') did not reflect American beliefs regarding Mohammed or the Islamic religion. Unfortunately, it was too late, but they tried - and we're still trying - and why? Because America does apologize when we get it wrong or someone else gets it wrong in our name. We're not arrogant dictators who never need to say they're sorry and we're certainly not the prime rulers of the world (although some would think and want us to be just that) and equal to, or above, God.

See, it's okay to apologize, especially under the circumstances faced by our Embassy personnel in Benghazi and other cities and countries in the Middle East.

Prayers and love to the family of Ambassador Chris Stevens and to the families of the three embassy staffers who also perished yesterday. Here's hoping no more lives are lost, that this situation is successfully and peacefully ended....