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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI got a disgusting email this morning with photos of Ambassador Stevens body being dragged in street
It is from a right wing site patting Romney on the back.
It starts with this: Ambassadors Dead Body Dragged Through Street
After Barack Hussein Obama begs the Arab world for forgiveness
by BareNakedIslam
ACT OF WAR! Maybe Muslims attacked the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, murdered U.S. Ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and 3 other members of his staff including two U.S. Marines, because they were angry that Obama didn't bow down low enough to his Muslim brothers?
Then the photos with even more inflammatory language.
Do these people not live in the real world?
OS
CBHagman
(16,987 posts)...so I wonder if someone is using earlier photos, perhaps from Iraq or Somalia. If so, it's shameful on many levels.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)they were taking him to the hospital.
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RandiFan1290
(6,243 posts)There was no dragging in the streets. Do you have new photos? Or is this the same neo-con bullshit being spread around?
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)The Beirut Barracks Bombing (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, when two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forcesmembers of the Multinational Force in Lebanonkilling 299 American and French servicemen. The organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Suicide bombers detonated each of the truck bombs. In the attack on the American Marines barracks, the death toll was 241 American servicemen: 220 marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers, along with sixty Americans injured, representing the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II, the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States military since the first day of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.[1][dead link] In addition, the elderly Lebanese custodian of the building was killed in the first blast.[2] The explosives used were equivalent to 5,400 kg (12,000 pounds) of TNT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing
Was that before or after Reagan gave them rockets?
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)when Reagan invaded and conquered that *huge* world menace, Grenada.
Ian David
(69,059 posts)Also, send them this:
15 Photos Of Libyans Apologizing To Americans
A peaceful demonstration from Benghazi, the Libyan city where a U.S. ambassador was killed in a consulate attack Tuesday. Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/12-photos-of-benghazi-citizens-apologizing-to-amer
And even Drudge reports....
Americans died. Romney smirks.
http://www.drudge.com/news/160908/americans-died-romney-smirks
Mitt's smirking disaster
Take a look at the smirk on Mitt Romney's face at the conclusion of his disastrous press conference basically accusing the president of sympathizing with the people who attacked and killed American embassy personnel in Libya:
That's the smirk of a very self-impressed man. He has no clue how deeply he's hurt himself.
More:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/12/1130743/-Mitt-s-smirking-disaster
aquart
(69,014 posts)And the can't tell Libyans from Iraqis.
I usually believe that white men in suits are not orchestrating Mideast events. This time, there is a distinct reek of Koch cash. People who don't matter to the important people are being sacrificed for political theatre.
The movie was made in California and then people in the Mideast were lied to about it. The producers of this film need to be on No Fly and Terrorist watch lists.
Liberal Lore
(3 posts)The tinfoil hatters on my FB Newsfeed are muttering that the man who made the anti-Mohammed film who was calling himself "Sam Basile" is actually a Coptic Christian from Egypt, and this whole film was done to give another Egyptian rabble-rouser some ammo to goad the most easily-upset fringe radicals with, and something to give them an excuse to "protest" (read: go bugnuts and riot violently). They haven't gone so far as to say that the rioting was intended to deliberately target the US embassy, but give them time and the dots will get connected.
That Pastor Terry Jones inserted himself into a situation that involves a virulently anti-Muslim propaganda piece is unsurprising. He's a known douche.
Omaha Steve
(99,713 posts)Looks like he sent it to his entire address book.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)I suggest you choose your friends more wisely.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)proper caption... no, they don't
bhikkhu
(10,724 posts)this was while the fighting was still going on, and the Libyans weren't able to completely secure the area until 2:30 am.
At 1:00 am the Libyans defending the consulate pulled him unconscious from the building (that must have been a terrible and desperate search) and carried him to a vehicle, where he was rushed to the hospital. They weren't able to revive him and his body was transferred from the hospital to US authorities at the airport. It was a heartbreaking picture...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444426404577647060576633348.html
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)against Obama. I think that takes this game to a different level.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Don't believe this crap. All the liars are doing is trying to inflame and make things worse.
http://news.yahoo.com/quietly-heroic-life-ambassador-chris-stevens-114000241.html