It would mean that you're against something no matter who promotes it, or for something regardless of who promotes it. Most politicians are anything but resolute. They toe the party line and make some really bad compromises on their supposed morals to 'help the party'; generally this is done to win elections.
To ponder more about what Hillary said, she gave 2 false answers. What would it matter if there was a protest (there was not, and it was not reference with a video) or guys just out walking around deciding to kill people (this wasn't random, it was planned). If one of those answers were indeed correct, maybe it might matter. However, this was a pre-planned attack (similar to the attack in Egypt earlier in the day that was also blamed on a crappy video) and neither answer she gave was a correct one.
I was told today that Benghazi was not a scandal because under Bush, consulates/embassies were attacked several times. While that's true, that's also irrelevant. What makes this a scandal has nothing to do with the fact that this set of buildings (not a consulate) was attacked. What makes this a scandal was the attempts by the POTUS and his administration to get the conversation started on limiting free speech by blaming a video. What makes it a scandal is how this administration believes they can hide the truth for a few weeks and then it doesn't matter because this country just isn't paying attention.
To know the truth, I believe it starts in Libya before Qaddafi was eliminated. POTUS was eager to give the Libyan rebels weapons for some terrible reason. No matter that they were at least partially tied to Al Qaeda, and some had been fighting against US forces in Iraq/Afghanistan. What could go wrong? With our military supplies, the rebels defeated Qaddafi's army and the country has since been run by various militias. Not terribly long after, the uprising in Syria started.
Some time last year, POTUS wanted to help the rebels in Syria, except that it wasn't really legal. Think Iran-Contra meets Fast and Furious, essentially Fast and Furious Global. A few days before the 9/11/12 attacks, a Libyan ship docked in Turkey with 'humanitarian aid' and weapons. There is reason to believe the Muslim Brotherhood and various AQ related groups were having a disagreement about who was to get what. Perhaps even the same group not wanting to give up weapons in Libya for Syrian fighters. Ambassador Stevens met with a Turkish leader (Turkish Consul General Ali Sait Akin). About an hour after the meeting, the rebels attacked.
What makes this a scandal is the orders to not send in reinforcements in either attack. First, the mission in Benghazi was attacked. There were people ready to go at the CIA Annex not far ready to defend the 'consulate', but they were told not to. They went anyway, and rescued a few people and were driven backwards into the CIA Annex. Meanwhile, back at the mission, the 'mob' are looting and pull out Ambassador Stevens' dead body. Some say that pretty terrible things were done to his body.
Several hours later (when reinforcements would have been there, aiding in clearing out the first compound's intelligence data), the annex came under attack. Apparently, this was also denied any outside help, which lead to 2 more people dying. The men that may have been moving assets into position to help were essentially fired.
So, Obama's administration came up with scenarios and false reports to cover it's backside from possibly breaking international law. If you notice, it was said just about every time they mentioned a crappy YouTube video, they said "It had nothing to do with what the United States was doing". Why would that need to be mentioned? People caught in the act still plead not guilty, and the ones yelling the loudest that "I DIDN'T DO IT, I DIDN'T DO IT!" you can generally assume are lying. Those who are innocent can put their trust in God, and the legal system. Those who are guilty want as much public support as possible in hopes that the court of public opinion filters into the justice system.
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