They’ve really stepped on their dick this time.

Follow the time sequence of events:

1) An anti-Muslim video put together by a pro-Israel US real estate developer (supported by the same US preacher who threatened to burn Korans) is placed on the internet.

2) The internet video is seized on and publicized by anti-US elements in North Africa to foment violence against US interests.

3) US diplomats in Egypt, aware of the video and the rapidly escalating outrage to it, release a statement declaring it is not an expression of US policy, but the private and unauthorized act of an individual. It is not in time.

4) Mobs of demonstrators attack US embassies in Benghazi and Cairo, reulting in the deaths of US diplomats.

5) The Romney campaign, no doubt responding to 3) savages the Obama administration for “apologizing to terrorists” instead of “condemning the attacks”. They do this on Sept 11, of all days, before it is even known there are US casualties.

6) On Sep 12, US State Department and White House officials condemn the attacks, and express condolences to the families of the dead.

Couldn’t the Romney campaign have waited 24 hours before launching their political nasty, or at least long enough to get all the facts? Then they would have had the opportunity to come up with just how the Obama administration might have prevented this all from happening. I, for one, would really like to know what Romney would have done to prevent it. I’d like to know what any American could have done to prevent it, other than the racist bigot who put together the video in the first place.

The Romney campaign has demonstrated its incompetence with this colossal blunder, these are the people who think they are better qualified to guide US foreign policy. Lets see if their subsequent spin on it tries to justify it, transforming that incompetence into downright malice.