This is how it works:
al Qaeda stirs shit up in the Middle East, because it is 9/11 – the anniversary of their greatest triumph, with a riot creating a ripple effect of protests springing up within other countries in the region.

Conservatives, led by RNC chair Reince Priebus seize the day and claim this all happened because Barack Obama is a weak-willed ‘Apologizer in Chief” because it fits their narrative about the cowardly Kenyan Muslim usurper which they feel will help them convince Americans to elect Mitt Romney who will save America from 10,000 years of darkness.

Progressives in turn explain that these events are a direct result of drone killings because it fits within their narrative that Barack Obama is a military strongman who has killed more people than Pol Pot and that Obama is an impediment to the election of Mitt Romney whose reign will be so disastrous that a billion Progressive blossoms will bloom and elect Noam Chomsky President in 2016.

In other news: today is Thursday.