The problem I have with this is, I can't think of anyone who benefited from it. Certainly not the governments of Egypt or Libya, and not the Obama Administration, which came across looking weak and confused. Terrorists, maybe, but why would a terrorist group need to make an anti-Muslim film, or film trailer? Israel certainly didn't gain anything from it, so what the heck is going on?
The only thing I can think is, someone mounted some sort of disinformation project which went terribly awry--like most of them do. I've been scratching my head over this all afternoon, and I can't figure it out.
Onward and upward,
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