They gave a cover story for the first 48 hours because they weren't sure exactly what the situation was.   This is called war, or better know as the 'fog of war'.     Dang easy for armchair quarterbacks to second guess the decision of the military and state department.   And such a keen observation to know NOW that the attack was premeditated.  For heavens sake why didn't you let the state department know before the  attack!!!!

None of this means I supported being in that area of the world in the first place, or that I agreed with all decisions made by either Bush or Obama.   But it pisses me off to have people belittle military/state dept. decisions, with hindsight and high handed self-righteousness.  Democrats did the same dang thing over not catching Bin Laden early in Afghanistan war.