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WH Unsure Whether Murderous Rampage in France Is 'Terrorism'
The Weekly Standard ^ | 7 Jan 2015

Posted on 01/07/2015 6:59:11 AM PST by mandaladon

The CNN host asked, "Josh, when you talk about countering the message, you keep using the word violence. I mean, this is an act of terrorism, that's what the president of France called it -- an act of terrorism. You're referring to ISIS and other bad actors, it doesn't really matter who it is at the end of the day. You know you're fighting a very large group of people of somewhat similar concern. Do you see this as an act of terrorism, and is this something that has to be condemned on that level?"

"Based on what we know right now it does seem that's what we're confronting here. And this is an act of violence that we certainly do condemn, and if based on this investigation it turns out to be an act of terrorism, then we would condemn that in the strongest possible terms, too," said Earnest.

"I mean, look, this is again based on the very preliminary information that we have, this isn't just an attack as you point out, Chris, on the people of France and on innocent civilians. This is an attack on some of the basic values that we hold dear here in this country and basic values of freedom of speech and freedom of expression and the free press that is also held dear by our allies in France. So this is something we take seriously and that we condemn, like I said, in the strongest possible terms."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; muslims
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To: glorgau

Who knows? Perhaps they’re not even Muslims but just a bunch of disgruntled Huguenots with long memories.

Let’s not jump to hasty conclusions.


61 posted on 01/07/2015 7:49:01 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: mandaladon

It is certainly not “terrorism” by Washington standards. No Christians or American Constitutionalists or anti-abortionists were involved.


62 posted on 01/07/2015 7:53:40 AM PST by arthurus
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To: TomGuy

“Terrorism” doesn’t identify the perps either. It is Moslems being Moslems and no more or less than that.


63 posted on 01/07/2015 7:55:18 AM PST by arthurus
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To: no-to-illegals
Dear Lord, Please Give Americans our Country Back, Please.

We had a chance yesterday afternoon to take a step toward that. Unfortunately, too many of the newly elected so-called conservatives plus those already in Congress gave in and went over to the dark (aka "orange") side.

64 posted on 01/07/2015 7:56:55 AM PST by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

yes, Dave, they did ... kind of delivered Patriots a beating everywhere those traitors did ... May those Patriots (that tried) and God laugh one night when the moon is right down in the swamp-land like the old man and the Ghosts that haunt this land.


65 posted on 01/07/2015 8:14:51 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: txrefugee
Obama has just called it a “terrorist attack.”

After Ernst's performance on CNN and the link to it on Drudge, the WH went in to serious CYA mode. If Big Barry couldn't get his mouth around the word "terrorism" and quick, it was going to be a very black day in the media room. The last thing Barry and ValJar wanted is for the story to become whether the president could or would deign to consider this brutal Islamist massacre "terrorism." After Ernst's prevaricating monkeyshines, it was about to become just that. So Big Barry hustled his bustle and said the word.

66 posted on 01/07/2015 9:21:08 AM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: mandaladon

I’ll just save the mods some time and post “comment deleted”.


67 posted on 01/07/2015 9:31:53 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: mandaladon

SOP for the Left. When you have a self-made moral compass, it usually points wrong.


68 posted on 01/07/2015 9:37:51 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD
Liberty in Freedom of Speech is too precious to let die.

Satirize them to death!

69 posted on 01/07/2015 9:47:30 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Travis McGee

He certainly is the Enabler in Chief for those who seek to toss Western Civilization onto the trash heaps of history.. or at least seek to get some payback for purported past grievances that none of us had anything to do with..

Narcissist, Gun runner, MANPAD seller, golf afficianado.. oh yeah,, just what we needed to blow a hole in the bottom of the ship of state.


70 posted on 01/07/2015 9:59:07 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: mandaladon

I wonder if when he steps in dog crap, if he is unsure as to whether the brown stuff stuck on his shoe is dog crap or a candy bar?

For me, the sniff test for stuff like this works pretty well. But perhaps his sense of smell has atrophied, having spent so much time dispensing bulls**t for Obama.


71 posted on 01/07/2015 11:53:33 AM PST by baltimorepoet
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To: mandaladon

Notice also how if a wacko white American guy shoots up his office, it is a shame we should all feel, and the left is outraged beyond belief. Now when we have something that muslims across the world endorse, they can barely raise any concern. They act like someone’s trash cans got knocked over by unruly teens.


72 posted on 01/07/2015 12:36:53 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: mandaladon

There seems to be different standards of evidence for different things in this Admin:

1. The neighborhood watch guy that killed the black thug was a) white (though he was Hispanic) and b) guilty.

2. The cops were wrong in how they handled the Henry Gates incident (beer summit). The cops were wrong out of the gate in that one.

3. Benghazi - nuff said.

However,

What is the standard of evidence required by this admin to establish that an organization called ‘ISIL’, where the first two words of their official handle are ‘Islamic State’, is indeed Muslim?


73 posted on 01/07/2015 12:43:37 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: mandaladon

...more workplace violence?


74 posted on 01/07/2015 1:27:46 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: glorgau
Indeed.

Listened to horse-face kerry this morning and he talked about the attack being done by 'extremists,' and about our need to fight ‘extremists,’ yup, ‘extremists,’ nothing about islam the death cult behind this cowardly attack.

75 posted on 01/07/2015 2:03:11 PM PST by Hulka
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To: mandaladon

Not even a hate crime Obozo, just a workplace violence amongst journalists, eh?

Fkn fggt


76 posted on 01/07/2015 4:16:30 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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