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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
Mon May 12, 2014, 09:00 PM May 2014

Limbaugh says that Liberals wont call Boko Haram a terrorist group...um he's high again

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/rush-limbaugh-hillary-clinton-boko-haram-nigeria-106597.html
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/05/nobody-told-president-obama-that-boko-haram-wasnt-a-terrorist-organization/

Obama called them terrorist here...


and here...



and according to the daily banter ....ThinkProgress has an excellent explainer for why this was not done until November of 2013, but even as they were promoting the narrative a year ago, CNN reported in the same link...

Possible explanations for reluctance to label the group can be found in a 2012 letter to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from Nigeria experts, including John Campbell, the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria under President George Bush.
The letter claims that the foreign terrorist organization (FTO) designation would limit the State Department’s ability to shape “long-term” strategy and encourage the Nigerian government to use military action rather than diplomacy.
“We believe that an FTO designation for Boko Haram would limit American policy options to those least likely to work, and would undermine the domestic political conditions necessary in Nigeria for an enduring solution,” said the group in the letter.






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Limbaugh says that Liberals wont call Boko Haram a terrorist group...um he's high again (Original Post) SummerSnow May 2014 OP
WHY on earth isn't that bloviating asswipe dead yet??? kestrel91316 May 2014 #1
Because there is no god. nt msanthrope May 2014 #2
Man I'm tired of that slob. nt Snotcicles May 2014 #3
So am I. Skidmore May 2014 #4
Obama did not call it an act of terror , however, Limbaugh missed that true outrage. Fred Sanders May 2014 #5

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
5. Obama did not call it an act of terror , however, Limbaugh missed that true outrage.
Mon May 12, 2014, 09:47 PM
May 2014

He is losing his touch for losing his touch with reality.

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