business about the videotape, why if they knew it was terrorism, why did they keep pushing the videotape for days? there had to be a reason because it s so patently ridiculous. the idea that this is a video gone awry is somewhere between patently false and an outright lie. greta: but why? i don t know, because i don t think it fit their narrative. i don t think it fit their narrative that everything was fine, if we just be good neighbors, if we re just nice to everybody, they ll like us. look, al-qaeda is still very active in the region. as you said, we have to deal with that reality. like i said, the security personnel wanted more personnel, wanted more fortification of the buildings. that was denied. greta: if you read the bill gertz thesis, it s it was done to hide the fact that the moose policy has failed, that al-qaeda is growing, it s now up against an election, and the whole thing was hoping to put a lid on. that s what i agreed from the
business about the videotape, why if they knew it was terrorism, why did they keep pushing the videotape for days? there had to be a reason because it s so patently ridiculous. the idea that this is a video gone awry is somewhere between patently false and an outright lie. greta: but why? i don t know, because i don t think it fit their narrative. i don t think it fit their narrative that everything was fine, if we just be good neighbors, if we re just nice to everybody, they ll like us. look, al-qaeda is still very active in the region. as you said, we have to deal with that reality. like i said, the security personnel wanted more personnel, wanted more fortification of the buildings. that was denied. greta: if you read the bill gertz thesis, it s it was done to hide the fact that the moose policy has failed, that al-qaeda is growing, it s now up against an election, and the whole thing was hoping to put a lid on. that s what i agreed from the