This is Seven Days In May, not "creative speculation"...

[magical thyme]

126. No, hypothesizing is not the same as speculating.

Speculation requires little to no evidence. You notice something and speculate as to its cause.

A hypothesis requires some evidence, a pattern of events or the appearance of a link between things.

A theory requires an overwhelming body of evidence. In the sciences, it further requires that it be testable, repeatable, peer reviewed and that the bulk of scientists accept it.

Finally, there is a saying in the military: If something happens one time, it's happenstance. Two times; it's coincidence. Three times; it's enemy action.

In this case we have as context a longterm pattern of attempted coups by the MIC/rw: Bay of Pigs; the assassination of a President, his brother/Presidential candidate and a renowned spiritual leader; Watergate; Iran/Contra; trumped up terra war against Iraq (including outing CIA agents). We can go further back to attempts on FDR's life, the McCarthy era, Hooever, etc.

We have a sitting President who is seen as a threat by the RW. And a short-term sequence of events leading up to and immediately after his re-election, which may or may not be related but appear to fit a pattern:

1. RW Presidential candidate is caught on film saying he needs some sort of terrorist incident to boost his candidacy. (part of the 47% tape, as I recall)

2. An ugly, bigoted movie short designed to inspire hatred is translated and released into the ME (why? in order to spark unrest?)

3. Unrest follows, with a concurrent attack on a Consulate in the ME, and an ambassador is murdered in the attack.

4. RW Presidential Candidate appears on teevee with a Press Announcement even while the attack is ongoing and riots are spreading, to disparage the President's response.

5. The Candidate is caught on film smirking after his back is turned to the audience and he thinks he's safely off camera/out of view.

6. A 2-week backlash ensues against the easily exposed lies re: the President's response and inappropriateness of the Candidates behavior and clear ignorance of the on the ground situation.

7. After a lull, the RW begins a chorus of trumped up "Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi" calls for investigation, in the process releases classified info and outs a CIA operation.

7. Sandy drowns (out) Benghazi

8. The President is re-elected, totally shocking the RW who assumed they had won it. On that same day, the RW leader of the house is notified of an investigation into a 4star General/RW hero.

9. The day after the election, the President is notified of the investigation, a 4star General resigns giving sex scandal as excuse. (Since when is a sex scandal an excuse for a RW 1%er to quit a job?)

10 The next day, a 4-star General is demoted due to lavish spending sprees.

11. A couple more days, and a 2nd 4-star General is implicated in possible sex scandal and his new post put on hold. The other party (OP) in relationship with General #1 is found to have classified information on her computer and stored in her home.

12. During the prior couple months, a top Admiral and another top General chose to retire.

13. I just remembered this one. A photo emerges from a summer event linking RW operative Rove to OP. OP had reason to be at event. Rove did not.

That's 1 Admiral and 4 4-star Generals within a very short time span.

We are well into the 3 times is Enemy Action end of the saying...