Apparently
some people haven’t connected the dots about the movie “13 Hours: The Secret
Soldiers of Benghazi.” It opens Friday. On how many screens will tell a lot,
because it’s the true story of how six CIA contractors tried to defend the U.S.
diplomatic compound on Sept. 11, 2012. Islamic militants killed four that
night, including Libyan ambassador Chris Stevens.
The
Americans died begging for a military rescue. They were ignored, leading to
finger-pointing and congressional hearings. The buck stopped at the desk of
Hillary Clinton, secretary of state at the time.
My
point: If this movie gets big attention, it could ding Hillary’s campaign by
swaying a few voters who considered the hearings as “politics as usual.” OMG,
the mainstream media won’t have any of that.
John
Krasinski, who played a former Navy SEAL, visited “Good Morning America” and
had to deal with fretting from ABC’s Lara Spencer when it dawned on her halfway
through the interview that Hillary might look bad.
Ms.
Spencer: “Do
you feel like this movie will reopen the wound, the debate of what happened in
Benghazi?”
Mr.
Kransinski: “I
don’t know if there is a debate. … I think searching for the truth is always
something that’s really important.”
Apparently
he doesn’t realize the networks don’t consider the truth important.
“13
Hours” director Michael Bay is known for big-budget pictures in which things get
blown up, including “Armageddon,” the Transformers series and “Pearl Harbor.”
In
interviews, Mr. Bay comes off as a bit apolitical. If GOP presidential
candidates and other Hillary haters create a buzz, he probably won’t understand
the cold shoulder on the way from most of Hollywood. Not that it would matter
much. He lives in Miami.
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