On Sunday, Rep. Allen West (FL) characterized comments made by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as "asinine, naive" and "inept" while appearing on Fox News. The Florida Republican made his comments in response to her assertion that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was a “spontaneous reaction” to an online anti-Islamic video.
“This is a response to a hateful and offensive video that was widely disseminated throughout the Arab and Muslim world,” Ambassador Rice told NBC's "Meet the Press." Libyan President Mohammad Magarief, however, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the assault was “definitely planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago and they were planning criminal acts since their arrival.”
.Video: Rep. Allen West: Ambassador Rice's comments on Libya 'asinine, naive, inept'.West was asked about Ambassador Rice's claim.
"When I listened to the U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice today, several words came to mind: asinine, naive, inept, incompetent, and borderline ignorant," he said. "Because when you understand that the Egyptian government, their intelligence services, put out a letter talking about a potential threat of attacks and uprisings about a week before this. It was even printed in the Jerusalem Post on 9/11. And anyhow I can tell you…having been in a combat zone several times after 9/11, we were always on a higher state of security and alertness on 9/11. It should have been the exact same thing here."
"And for Susan Rice to say that this was not a well coordinated attack – first of all, I’d have to ask her what is her line of expertise in understanding what a well-coordinated attack is, because this was not happenstance. It was not coincidence. This was well-planned, well-coordinated, and the president there in Libya confirms that,” he added.
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