My theory: The "film" is merely a con-game

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2. If that were true (which is incredibly unlikely) then you would need

to establish the Romney campaign's connection to Al Nas TV in Egypt because without controlling Al Nas' programing there is no reasonable expectation of anyone ever even hearing of the thing.

And if anyone has evidence that the Romney campaign is controlling Egyptian religious satellite TV broadcasts to conspire to attack American embassies then the film itself would mean nothing... it would be about the 100th most damaging aspect of the story.

There was no reasonable expectation of this youtube clip causing any result. People who think there was are guilty of the great error of "reading history backward."

Joe Smith won the lottery.
The odds of Joe Smith winning the lottery are infinitesimal.
Hence there must have been a conspiracy of some sort to account for the incredible result of Joe Smith winning the lottery.

Did Danish cartoonists draw cartoons with the intent of being murdered? Probably not.

Did Salman Rushdie write The Satanic Verses for the purpose of being the subject of a Fatwa. Of course not. He's a serious artist.

Just because every Muslim hate-fest has an object does not mean that all objects cause Muslim hate-fest.

The world is full of things Muslims can take offense at.