Co faktycznie powiedziała Susan Rice:

„…Republicans have attacked Rice, who is considered a possible nominee to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, for suggesting the attack was the result of spontaneous protests…” 

źródło: "CBS News"

Moim, skromnym zdaniem pomiędzy atakiem (have attacked) a przypomnieniem (to remind) istnieje znaczna różnica – w każdym razie na pewno w języku polskim.

Przypomnijmy zatem, co w tamtym czasie mówiła pani Susan Rice pozostawiając czytelnikowi do rozstrzygnięcia, czy była to sugestia, czy też twierdzenie (a niech by nawet oględne):

"...She said the flare-up in the Middle East, North Africa, and some Asian countries was triggered solely by the amateurish movie lampooning the Prophet Mohammed and not due to waning US popularity in the Muslim world.."

I dalej:

“…People gathered outside the embassy (consulate) and then it grew very violent and those with extremist ties joined the fray and came with heavy weapons... and that then spun out of control," Rice told "Fox News Sunday."

"But we don't see at this point signs this was a coordinated plan, premeditated attack. Obviously, we will wait for the results of the (FBI) investigation and we don't want to jump to conclusions before then." (źródło: "AFP via "Wielki LOL" tygodnia: - Blogger T.L.")

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