RE: Romney gave terrorists what they want
September 13, 2012 at 3:21 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2012 at 3:21 pm by Faith No More.)
Tino Wrote:Now I know many atheists are liberal, democrats, anti-american etc. and that may apply to some, all or none of those who posted above me in this thread, but come on, as an atheist, you have to see the danger in having the US government call it an "abuse of free speech" to "hurt the religious beliefs of others."
If only it happened that way...
Quote:Getting Things Backward
This time Romney has gone beyond putting his own unwarranted spin on the president's statements. He has just gotten his basic facts in the wrong order.
Romney appeared on national television the morning of Sept. 12 and said:
"I also believe the administration was wrong to stand by a statement sympathizing with those who had breached our embassy in Egypt, instead of condemning their actions. It's never too early for the United States government to condemn attacks on Americans and to defend our values.
In response to reporters' questions, he added:
"The embassy in Cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been breached. Protesters were inside the grounds. They reiterated that statement after the breach. . . . I think it's a - a - a terrible course to - for America to - to stand in apology for our values. That instead, when our grounds are being attacked and being breached, that the first response of the United States must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. An apology for America's values is never the right course. . . ."
The statement that came from the administration was - was a statement which is akin to apology and I think was a - a severe miscalculation.
The fact is, however, that Romney got his sequence of events backward.
A Timeline
Contrary to multiple reports from Fox News, the U.S. embassy in Cairo - not the State Department in Washington - put out the statement on Sept. 11 several hours before a mob of protesters breached the wall of the embassy, took down an American flag and replaced it with a black flag.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaki...tacks.html
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
