Benghazi whitewash

Checking out a little of what written about it in the New York Times through a second hand source that will remain unnamed.  There's several things about Benghazi that cannot be whitewashed, though the left will try

1. Even if the video was a motive for the attacks, there is no reason for the US to apologize nor to explain it away.  The attacks were absolutely unacceptable.  If the militants are offended, that's their problem, not ours.  It's our right in our country.  We cannot allow militants to dictate what we do in our own country.  Besides, the video is just an excuse for an attack.  You don't allow the enemy to make excuses like that, and thus validate them in any way.
2. The administration lied about the attacks as having been caused by that video.  Whether it was a motivation or not is irrelevant.  The video didn't cause the attacks.  The attackers caused the attacks.
3. There was no excuse for not coming to the aid of the consulate while being attacked.  The refusal to supply aid and then to lie about it afterwards were political calculations.  No whitewash can cover up this fact.
4. Even a response that originated in the US could have gotten there in the time period involved.  A B1 bomber could get there in six hours.  Even if that is too late, some type of retribution would have been better than nothing at all.
5. The administration promised to get to the bottom of this.  But they haven't arrested anybody, nor has anything been done about it to my knowledge.

The left needs to whitewash the attacks and the failure of this administration to respond.  They need to avoid the political damage, so naturally they will have to continue to whitewash what happened.  It worked in 2012, it cannot be allowed to work again.