The political purpose of the film seems to be an advertisement for a security company like "Blackwater". For emergencies, the U.S. government is required to delegate power and give the military and security companies more freedom and support.
In order for everyone to better understand this film, I think the background situation needs to be explained. After all, 4 Americans died and more than 10 were injured... The US official killed an ambassador Steven and an intelligence officer Sean Smith, which was a big sacrifice. After watching the film for nearly 2 and a half hours, it is very likely that everyone still has a lot of questions + doubts. I'll explain some background information, maybe that can explain a lot of things.
Friends who are concerned about international events, may you still remember the Arab Spring that started in 2009? In 2009, Libya was just around the corner. The dictatorship was run by Gaddafi, and overthrowing him seemed to fit the democratic trend of the time. In mid-February 2011, Libya's first civil war broke out. The headquarters of the rebels is in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city. Although it was a civil war, the United Nations established a no-fly zone to prevent the government's air power from attacking the rear of the rebels. Later, Britain, the United States and France directly sent planes to bomb Gaddafi's government forces. The UN Security Council has frozen the overseas assets of the Gaddafi government since the beginning of the civil war. It is too obvious to favor the rebels. I remember that there was news on the Internet that the United States had special forces personnel as military advisers to join the rebels to support the ground attack on the Gaddafi regime.
To overthrow the anti-American hardline Gaddafi government, the United States has given great support, providing intelligence and weapons financial assistance, etc., and now all information has been lifted. Among the various anti-Libyan government armed forces supported by US military aid, several armed forces have al-Qaeda backgrounds. The US ground intelligence personnel also reminded the headquarters long ago and asked to strengthen the monitoring of several small local strongholds. Security investment. After the fall of Gaddafi, the position of the new interim government was not very clear, so the US officials just sent a few people to the so-called diplomatic station to collect intelligence and communicate with the interim government. And the small CIA organization a mile away, their mission is relatively gray. According to investigative reporter Seymour Hersh's report, the main task of that group of CIA agents in Libya is to send arms to neighboring countries, mainly to Syrian rebels. These more than 20 CIA staff must keep a low profile. So the CIA is willing to spend a little more money and hire people from security companies to do security. There were also reasons why Hillary refused to add more security staff to the Benghazi agency at the time. The daily expenses are intimidating.
Shooting itself in the foot, the United States sent arms to the Libyan rebels, and also armed several extremist religious organizations, including the Muslim Brotherhood. Two Delta Force JSOC personnel were sent to investigate links between the Libyan religious militant group and al-Qaeda. It's just too late. In an investigation into the attack, the United States identified the militia leader Ahmed Abu Khattala as being related to the Benghazi attack in 2013 and placed it on a list of terrorists that are wanted globally.
The first civil war in Libya was essentially a war provoked by the West to overthrow the Gaddafi government. Since the fall of 2012, after Gaddafi was arrested and killed, Gaddafi's old ministry still has a small war with the interim government. The interim government launched democratic elections and began to collect weapons and powers from various armed groups. The Muslim Brotherhood, a religious group, has other plans. For those who are interested, you can refer to the Square Revolution in Egypt (you can pay special attention to the changes in Muslim power before and after the revolution). In 2014, Libya's second civil war broke out, and the war continues to this day. Life is ruined... tragic
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