Obama dispatches Chief of Staff to beg Terry Jones to stop ticking off Muslims (Afghanistan, radical)
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Nobody in the U.S. government, least of all the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff acting in his official capacity, should be calling Terry Jones or any other American citizen about the Mohammed spoof. Not only does that elevate Jones to some sort of semi-official status, but spoofs of deities are entirely within our rights and absolutely no business of the government’s. The U.S. government should not be taking an official position on the Mohammed spoof. It is entirely outside the official competence of United States military to be calling private citizens asking them be quiet, especially when they are exercising a constitutional right. Offending people is not an incitement to violence. Otherwise I could get everyone who wears a Che Guevara t-shirt brought up on charges of incitement.
The only issue that need concern the government of the United States right now is that the criminals who attacked our citizens and our embassies are still on the loose. The government of Egypt should have prevented the attack on the embassy, and should be held accountable for prosecuting those who incited, organized, and carried it out. The Egyptian government should understand that its failure to carry out those obligations will make it accountable for the attacks. All aid coming from America, whether directly or through the IMF, should be conditioned on Egypt’s responsiveness in this matter, and we should be lobbying our European allies and other partners hard. And as for Libya, as I said earlier, we should have special ops and CIA on the ground in Libya hunting the terrorists down right now.
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When will moderate Muslims begin to consistantly speak out against the radicals? Dont like the bad press start doing something to generate good press.
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When will moderate Muslims begin to consistantly speak out against the radicals? Dont like the bad press start doing something to generate good press.
It's hard to condemn what you secretly believe and support.
Maybe it is because of the very real threat that whenever something like this happens it sets off another spate of attacks against our troops in Afghanistan and the other embassies we have in the area? It doesn't take much to send them on a violent rampage, and every time it occurs it leads to an elevated number of attacks on our troops and our embassies.
Jones does have the freedom to say whatever he wants, and trying to talk to him now will make little difference since the film is most likely all over the ME by now and it will be used as an excuse to stir up more trouble in the days to come.
It's hard to condemn what you secretly believe and support.
Wish it wasn't true but if you are a Muslim that's who your sympathy is going to be with. Same as a Christians, there just aren't nearly as many Christians flying planes into buildings or wrapping bombs around themselves.
Maybe it is because of the very real threat that whenever something like this happens it sets off another spate of attacks against our troops in Afghanistan and the other embassies we have in the area? It doesn't take much to send them on a violent rampage, and every time it occurs it leads to an elevated number of attacks on our troops and our embassies.
Jones does have the freedom to say whatever he wants, and trying to talk to him now will make little difference since the film is most likely all over the ME by now and it will be used as an excuse to stir up more trouble in the days to come.
What do you do with animals that are totally irrational and violent?
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