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Comrade Grumpy

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20. Playing semantics.

Reply to ProSense (Reply #18)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:38 PM

Sep 2012

The point is, this wasn't a mob action, it was a well-planned attack. You don't want to call them "terrorists," that's okay with me. I have issues with the whole "terrorist" terminology, but I'm just using the common locutions.

Rice appears to be either mistaken or deliberately obfuscating what really happened.

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Is Susan Rice contradicting Libyan officials? [View all] dkf Sep 2012 OP

Something like that. elleng Sep 2012 #1

Rice's account also contradicts the original State Dept report, before they put a lid on it. Here: leveymg Sep 2012 #2

Thanks for the info. dkf Sep 2012 #4

Where exactly is the contradiction? ProSense Sep 2012 #5

Spontaneous vs pre-planned. That is the contradiction. dkf Sep 2012 #6

Again ProSense Sep 2012 #8

Contradiction is in Rice's statement that "it was a spontaneous - not premeditated - response" leveymg Sep 2012 #7

I asked ProSense Sep 2012 #10

"It seems a clear case of exploiting protests' in a planned way. leveymg Sep 2012 #12

Interesting that you would phrase it that way ProSense Sep 2012 #3

People are just looking at the various official statements which so far, don't sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #11

You nailed it, and ProSense Sep 2012 #19

Spin this into a terrorist attack!?!? Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #17

Yeah, after all ProSense Sep 2012 #18

Playing semantics. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #20

Rice is saying a little less than it appears she is saying. (She's a diplomat.) cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #9

Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #13

This is the first 'truthism' post I ahve ever seen on DU. cthulu2016 Sep 2012 #14

The spontaneous attack required extensive planning. To say otherwise is a lie. nt jody Sep 2012 #15

I think it clearly fits the basic definition of a terrorist attack BarackTheVote Sep 2012 #16