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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (716668)5/21/2013 7:39:05 AM
From: Alighieri1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 1583379
 
I get the notion that the White House, the State Dept., the CIA, and all the other agencies didn't want to jump to conclusions, and that they had to sort through a mountain of information and rumors. If that's the primary reason for covering up the terrorism angle, that they really wanted to be sure before shouting the T-word, then I'd be fine with it.



But if they really wanted to be sure, they wouldn't have jumped to conclusions and blamed the riots that were ignited by some video on the Internet. That's the key here. They had to say something, anything that would make the attack look like another case of "shit happens in the Middle East."

There it is...a glimpse of reason quickly followed by the inevitable cynical collapse...

Al
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