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Kerry says Hebdo attackers had 'rationale'
CNN ^ | November 17, 2015 | Tom LoBianco

Posted on 11/17/2015 4:00:06 PM PST by don-o

Washington (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry drew a distinction Tuesday between the two terror attacks in Paris this year, saying the terrorists who attacked the Charlie Hebdo office in January had a "rationale" as opposed to Friday's events which Kerry described as "indiscriminate" violence.

"There's something different about what happened from Charlie Hebdo, and I think everybody would feel that. There was a sort of particularized focus and perhaps even a legitimacy in terms of -- not a legitimacy, but a rationale that you could attach yourself to somehow and say, 'OK, they're really angry because of this and that,'" Kerry said during remarks at the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

"This Friday was absolutely indiscriminate. It wasn't to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong. It was to terrorize people. It was to attack everything that we do stand for. That's not an exaggeration," Kerry added.

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You cannot make this stuff up!
1 posted on 11/17/2015 4:00:07 PM PST by don-o
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To: don-o

He’s basically saying that the cartoonists had it coming.


2 posted on 11/17/2015 4:01:25 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
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To: don-o
Nice nuance, Traitor Kerry!

A rationale, indeed - as both you and Judas Iscariot had!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

3 posted on 11/17/2015 4:03:12 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: don-o

Hey Lurch - The Islamists always have a rationale - it’s KILL THE INFIDEL (which, by the way, INCLUDES YOU!!)


4 posted on 11/17/2015 4:03:29 PM PST by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Liberals say conservatives have "old souls"; well, liberals like Kerry and obama have "cold souls".

Just when you think the Left in this country can't get any lower in words, actions and, frankly, their morals ... well ... they open their mouths and sink to an even greater depth.

5 posted on 11/17/2015 4:05:03 PM PST by glennaro
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To: don-o

Oy Vey! .. Was a more pathetic dick ever born!?

STFU ketchup boy.. :-/


6 posted on 11/17/2015 4:05:14 PM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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To: don-o

Is that the same john kerry that served in Vietnam?


7 posted on 11/17/2015 4:06:15 PM PST by GoldwaterCountry (Viva Reagan Revolucion!)
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To: don-o

Kerry needs to crawl back under his rock. I was at a dinner last night with Fred Barnes as the featured speaker. He said that “Kerry is too stupid to...” It brought the house down, and I agree.


8 posted on 11/17/2015 4:06:50 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: ClearCase_guy

Kerry - “Da’ Bitch made me hit her”

Kerry - “Da bitch shouldnt’a dressed like dat”

Kerry - “There is a Republican war on women”

One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn’t belong. If you said Kerry in government didn’t belong, you chose wisely.


9 posted on 11/17/2015 4:07:21 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: glennaro
We do have old souls, or as I prefer to say, "mature" souls. The souls of the libs are jejune.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

10 posted on 11/17/2015 4:07:49 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: don-o

Jeezuz John! Are you safe in your compound? 99% of us are at risk!


11 posted on 11/17/2015 4:08:13 PM PST by Straight8
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To: don-o

Jeezuz John! Are you safe in your compound? 99% of us are at risk!


12 posted on 11/17/2015 4:08:16 PM PST by Straight8
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To: Straight8

Worth repeating.


13 posted on 11/17/2015 4:09:14 PM PST by Straight8
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To: don-o

This is one sick individual. I can understand why Obama selected him, but why did the people of Massachusetts vote him in so many years?


14 posted on 11/17/2015 4:09:27 PM PST by bestintxas (every time a RINO loses, a founding father gets his wings.)
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To: don-o
I think Jean just lost a few amies.


15 posted on 11/17/2015 4:09:30 PM PST by maggief
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To: don-o

Ha!

The wind surfer speaks............


16 posted on 11/17/2015 4:10:05 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: ConorMacNessa

“Jejune” ... A most apt description of the Left, good sir!


17 posted on 11/17/2015 4:10:07 PM PST by glennaro
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To: don-o

are there degrees of evil based on motive?


18 posted on 11/17/2015 4:10:37 PM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: don-o

so it’s alright to despise the Obama Admin for destroying the US or did he say it’s OK to attack them


19 posted on 11/17/2015 4:10:44 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Levin picking up on this right now!


20 posted on 11/17/2015 4:12:37 PM PST by don-o (I am Kenneth Carlisle - Waco 5/17/15)
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