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still_one

(91,946 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:41 AM Apr 2013

former CIA director Woolsey is a jerk. He is being interviewed on Bloomberg, and the first thing

out of that assholes mouth is that Obama delayed calling it a terrorist attack for 2 days. It is because of these types of jerks that the country has had a disservice done to it

Obviously he has some agenda



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JHB

(37,128 posts)
13. That part has to percolate more, through radio ranters, Breitbart,...
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:17 PM
Apr 2013

...Malkin, freepers, etc., before a fellow of his fine stature (inside the Beltway) can move into the "some say" zone.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
2. I will never understand the strange fixation on how soon something is called terrorism.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:49 AM
Apr 2013

It really means something to Republicans, but I'm not sure what. Do they feel that labeling a violent act as terrorism becomes an admission that Obama is a failure at keeping us safe (black mark on his record), or do they just want that old foreign-enemy thrill they used to get from AQ?

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
9. Agreed
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:04 AM
Apr 2013

It isn't like the police and FBI were just sitting around afterwards, going 'Well, it might be a sewer gas explosion so we will just sit on our butts unless Obama calls us up"

I wish that someone had asked the dirtbag "Why does that matter? Weren't the FBI already on the case? Why are you going out of your way to criticize the president in this time of emergency?"

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
14. ??--I'm not saying it's not. But Republicans have a stopwatch running to when
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:20 PM
Apr 2013

any such event MUST BE DEFINED as terrorism. The immediacy of the definition is of vital importance, and I don't know why.

Ganja Ninja

(15,953 posts)
3. As if it's not officially a terrorist attack until Obama makes a declaration.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:52 AM
Apr 2013

When did that become necessary? Oh yeah Benghazi, Benghazi, fucking Benghazi! How stupid are these people? Once a gas explosion is ruled out and a bombing as the cause is decided upon do they really need someone to say "terrorist attack"? Bombing - terrorist attack! Seems pretty self explanatory to me.

kenny blankenship

(15,689 posts)
4. I thought it was appropriate restraint on Obama's part
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:54 AM
Apr 2013

Unless big news has emerged this A.M., we still don't have a claim taking responsibility for the bombing from anyone, nor do we have a clue who did it. The circumstances of the attack don't make it transparently clear what the motive was. Just because innocent civilians are attacked and killed doesn't by itself make it terrorism. There has to be a recognizably political motive and context. If you have a lone nutcase who is merely angry with the world and wants to kill a bunch of people, that is not a recognizably political motive. If Adam Lanza made bombs, he might have placed them on the Marathon route or at some other large public gathering. Many would be injured, but the motive doesn't become political because of the public nature of the attack or the lingering fear it might inspire in the public. It's not trying to affect policy or make the state or the people pay a price for some policy. Lanza's motive was presumably 100% personal - the first victim was his own mother. Unless there is something known this morning that wasn't known last night, this could still be the work of a lone nut with personal demons.

boston bean

(36,186 posts)
6. Bullshit it was less than 24 hours later.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:59 AM
Apr 2013

I saw Obama on the news yesterday morning (which was Tuesday, Marathon was on Monday) and he called it an act of terrorism. but no one knew if it was domestic or foreign.

These people can go pound sand.

They want us all running around like scared little chickens with our heads cut off.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
7. What if Obama calls it terrorism and a white dude did it? That's proof, Obama hates whitey!
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 10:02 AM
Apr 2013

Anyone willing to bet that the RW noise-machine wouldn't go there?

spinbaby

(15,073 posts)
10. Because, you see...
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:37 AM
Apr 2013

...if you call it terrorism, then it must be them dirty foreigners that did it and not some upstanding gun-toting American named Billy Bob.

still_one

(91,946 posts)
15. Woolsley admitted in the interview it could be domestic like the Atlanta
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:22 PM
Apr 2013

Olympic bombing, but then quickly said he did not think so

Which only demonstrates what an irresponsible person he is

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