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In reply to the discussion: The right is outraged that Romney was right. Obama didn't say the attack was an act of terror. [View all]True Earthling
(832 posts)a spontaneous riot as a reaction to a video. You can call them both terrorism or acts of terror but those terms are so general that it's difficult to parse the meaning as to what sparked the act or was it spontaneous or a pre-meditated coordinated attack. To bring clarity and context, all we can go by is the subsequent actions of the president and his admin...
So... if Obama was specifically calling the Benhazi a pre-meditated act of terror why didn't Susan Rice get the memo?
And why did Obama go on Letterman 4 days later and blame the attack on the video?
Obama called the inflammatory movie an offensive film released by a shadowy character. Its also a straw man; the president thinks extremists and terrorists used this as an excuse to attack a variety of our embassies, including the consulate in Libya. But those extremists dont represent what the Libyan people think, and as offensive as this video was
thats never an excuse for violence.
http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/09/19/obama-letterman/