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Why is it easier for you to call this a terrorist attack?
Black-clad gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar!” on Wednesday stormed the Paris offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly, known for lampooning Islam. They killed 12 and injured as many as 15 before escaping, French officials said. It was France’s deadliest postwar terrorist attack.
U.S. officials are in touch with their French counterparts, though Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said they don’t yet know the “nature” of the attack. He said the government would look at whether there is a need to issue any advisories to media organizations in the U.S.
Obama, meanwhile, condemned the “horrific” attack and said he’s directed his administration to “provide any assistance needed to help bring these terrorists to justice.”
Yet a person shouting the same thing attacked and murdering as many people couldn’t be identified as a terrorist by you.
7 November 2009: Weekly Address by President Obama:
I’d like to speak with you for a few minutes today about the tragedy that took place at Ft. Hood. This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began shooting his fellow soldiers.It is an act of violence that would have been heartbreaking had it occurred anyplace in America. It is a crime that would have horrified us had its victims been Americans of any background. But it’s all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable because of the place where it occurred and the patriots who were its victims.
The SRP is where our men and women in uniform go before getting deployed. It’s where they get their teeth checked and their medical records updated and make sure everything is in order before getting shipped out. It was in this place, on a base where our soldiers ought to feel most safe, where those brave Americans who are preparing to risk their lives in defense of our nation, lost their lives in a crime against our nation.
I find your double standard and craven attitude despicable Sir. While I respect of the office of the Presidency, I offer you very little of that as a person.