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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney's Fatal Libya Blunder
http://www.thenation.com/blog/169902/romneys-fatal-libya-blunderRepublican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leaves the podium after he makes comments on the killing of US embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Florida, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The idea of Mitt Romney in the White House is a scary, scary thought after his bungling of the Libya crisis, and the Stormin Mormon just keeps making it scarierincluding putting out Liz Cheney as spokeswoman for his anti-Muslim bigotry. The question Id like to hear reporters ask Mitt, if they ever get a chance to get within 100 yards of him, is: OK. Youve condemned the extremists who killed the ambassador. You blasted the State Department for its statement urging respect for all religions, including Islam. Now, will you criticize the extremists who made the film that sparked the crisis? So far, not a word from Romney about radical right Christian anti-Muslim bigots, including: Floridas Terry Jones, the nutball, Koran-burning preacher who promoted the film; various extremist, Egyptian Copts; Steve Klein of California; and the mystery man who supposedly made the film.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, even placed a call to Jones to try to shut him up. Two years ago, thenSecretary of Defense Robert Gates had to call him, too. I worry that if Romney called Jones, hed egg him on.
The Lede Blog at the New York Times has a wonderful summary of the crackpots behind the YouTube video that triggered the crisis, including a pretty good rundown of the odd cast of characters behind it, and Adam Nagourney in the Times writes about Steve Klein. Its easy to poke fun at the crazies who made the film, even while expressing horror at the damage its touched off: attacks on US embassies in Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia, so far. But the real issue, still, is Romney.
To recap: after the Libya attack, which killed four American diplomats, Romney found himself compelled to attack President Obama for supposedly expressing sympathy for the terrorists. His statement:
Im outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. Its disgraceful that the Obama Administrations first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.
***wait...whut? terry jones gets phone calls from important officials?
WTF?
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Romney's Fatal Libya Blunder (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2012
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fugop
(1,828 posts)1. Of course they call Jones...
... He's their base!
BumRushDaShow
(129,052 posts)2. Do you remember when even Petraeus came out
to tell the ass to stop because he was placing our troops in Afghanistan in danger?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20050372-503544.html