Reply #18: it's not about grading on a curve at all [View All]

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It's acknowledging the change and, hopefully, encouraging the administration to build on the sentiments. After all, diplomacy normally begins with a shift toward conciliatory language.

It's not a small thing that the last administration NEVER moderated their rhetoric conflating each and everything they could highlight as part and parcel of their 'terror war'. A great deal of their rhetoric and response just played right into the aims of the fugitive terror suspects.

It makes sense to expect more than just a change in rhetoric, but if we are to be honest in our criticism, it should be noted that this administration is taking a much improved posture (which includes entreaties to peace) than the warmongering WH we were just relieved of a year ago.