Option one: There is a protest; not a planned attack. Someone dies.
Option two: There is not a protest. But rather a planned attack. Someone dies.
In both cases, someone dies.
So --- at this point ---- now that someone has died, what difference does it make which option was the operative one at the time?
None, of course.
"Oh, yes, it does!" some complain. " Under option #1, they wouldn't have died the same way."
No, sorry -- there is NO reason to believe they'd have died a different way.
7458 PM: Dudley [Quote] -- 10:30am -- Mon, Feb 29, 16 pst
Dudley
Of course it does, it does make a difference how they died
Clinton: With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. Now, honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. The IC has a process, I understand, going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out.http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/may/08/context-hillary-clintons-what-difference-does-it-m/
