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“Spring Fever” author Andrew McCarthy on the Obama Administration’s response to the deadly attack in Libya.
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Our next guest says the Obama administration's insistence.
That the atrocity and bad -- -- as the result of spontaneous rioting is absurd.
And the real story of the Arab Spring as the movement who stated goal is to destroy America.
Joining us now is Andrew McCarthy.
Justice Department attorney who led the successful prosecution.
Against the so called blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman.
The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing the author of the new e-book out today and -- Spring fever the illusion of Islamic democracy and -- good to have you here congratulations on the book.
Our our use.
Surprise that the administration.
Is insisting that the murder of -- US ambassador.
Was the result of a spontaneous.
Demonstration by a mob that eyewitnesses and intelligence sources.
Entirely neutral on the issue.
Let's say.
Didn't happen now I'm not surprised by it because they think that our entire policy in the system exclusively.
And Obama administration problem but I think they've exacerbated it.
Our entire policy is based on affection.
That.
We -- have we have a a threat.
That is basically constituted by.
A handful of violent extremists.
And that everyone else in the Muslim world -- we confront.
Is more likely an ally then an enemy.
If this is move beyond illusion though this is an administration.
Saying to the American people something that it is on its face.
Not true yes and that is that first it was -- result result in consequences of the actions and Cairo.
-- which are embassy's walls were scaled American flag taken down.
And and in the murder of a US ambassador which we now learn from intelligence sources in Libya.
Again eyewitnesses.
-- in Libya.
That this was an attack and assassination.
Are American citizens in that -- which was undefended a safe house that was.
Time but what we should not have expected anything else the you know that been gone -- Which it was not something that was spoken of much during the Libya war which President Obama jumped into -- provoke.
By any Libyan regime action against the United States Libya sent more.
Jihadist per capita.
To Iraq to fight against American soldiers and a terrorist.
