Posted on 02/10/2015 4:03:00 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and State Department struggled Tuesday to clarify President Barack Obama's suggestion that last month's deadly shooting at a kosher deli in Paris was random, despite the administration's earlier assertions that the attack was anti-Semitic.
Obama, in describing terror threats during a lengthy interview with the online news site Vox, said the American people were right to be concerned "when you've got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris."
Administration officials at first defended Obama's comments, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest saying that while the administration was aware of the "motivation" of the gunman, the president was making the point that those killed in the deli "were not targeted by name."
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Obama has also faced criticism for not calling the perpetrators of the attacks Islamic extremists, which is how they have been described by some French officials and British Prime Minister David Cameron. The White House has said it avoids using that term because it does not want to give legitimacy to the notion that the attackers were acting on behalf of their religious beliefs.
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The struggle is to find anyone who cares what the president says or thinks.
It’s not a problem for his die hard fans.
Simple explanation . The Crusades and Jesus made it happen.
You can say that again! They are a pathetic lot. I hate to add my MIL to that, but she is an Obamazombie
His disconnect to the tragedies around him are sociopathic. He does not care about an event that does not directly involve him.
He’s consistent.
He called Benghazi senseless violence.
His “die-hard” fans have no idea what Odinga has said the last 20 years.........
Where is his birth certificate ??
What? Are these people insane?
Moslem gunmen, who swear they are acting in the name of their religion, kill members of another religion they are determined to eradicate. They make no secret of these facts and especially of their hatred of Jews.
Obama explains this as: "zealots...randomly shoot(ing) a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris"
Are you kidding me? This is past the Twilight Zone. The man is delusional or...
“This is past the twilight zone.” You are right. This is now a land between shadow and substance. And, it gets stranger and more dangrous with every passing day. We are in deep trouble.
Listen to what $hithead said. He knows what he’s saying.
The message in it is that Jewish and French lives don’t count.
it does not want to give legitimacy to the notion”
ahah FAT CHANCE of that puke giving legitimacy to ANYTHING
Exactly! The idiot in chief meant just what he said!
Having a hard time spinning is what their problem is.
“And it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them...Obama said.
Zero the muslim terrorist sympathiser just can’t tell it like it is, can he? douchebag...
His cork has come completely out of the bottle.
In someways its a good thing that hes speaking his mind...so that all but the very least perceptive can SEE what were up against here.
They know “HOPE”, “Change”. And that’s about it.
Here’s my question: Why will Jen Psaki and Josh Earnest both Tweet that the attack at the deli was obviously anti-semitic, but neither will be taped SAYING it? They just don’t want to be on tape saying it? I don’t get it.
He intentionally misleads. Why does everything that comes out of his mouth need to interpreted?
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