U.S. embassy in Cairo apologizes

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,156

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  • By the way, your tap dancing obama line is already old. Thought you should know before you use it again.

    Well so is the "The President didn't grandstand and pound his chest enough for me" group whine.

    Mitt Romney was an idiot for going after the president.
    "Throwing rocks in at the hornets nest"? Nah, but spraying that fucker with chemicals to kill every one of those hornets...sounds good.

    I really hope you're not advocating acting like Sigourney Weaver and just going in and killing everyone you can find. The majority of whom aren't the violent mobs but people just trying to live. Because if you really think that's a solution, you're very wrong. And I'd be on my way to Washington to help the angry mob rip apart the capitol to find the people whose idea it was.

    You're not going to solve any issues with genocide. Which I really hope you're not advocating. I don't think you are... but it's sounding dangerously like it.
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    This "Obama is an apologist" bull s$@t is in the same arena as the birther b.s., the socialist nonsense, and all the other foolish garbage the idiots of this country fall for.

    Enough already. A President does not come out and say "we're gonna fuck you up!!!!"
  • whygohome wrote:
    Enough already. A President does not come out and say "we're gonna fuck you up!!!!"

    Another reason to vote FOR Obama and AGAINST BoobTube Romney.
  • whygohomewhygohome Posts: 2,305
    whygohome wrote:
    Enough already. A President does not come out and say "we're gonna fuck you up!!!!"

    Another reason to vote FOR Obama and AGAINST BoobTube Romney.

    It seems like many in this country want the President to respond like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcJ9tPvy-4
  • By the way, your tap dancing obama line is already old. Thought you should know before you use it again.

    Well so is the "The President didn't grandstand and pound his chest enough for me" group whine.

    Mitt Romney was an idiot for going after the president.
    "Throwing rocks in at the hornets nest"? Nah, but spraying that fucker with chemicals to kill every one of those hornets...sounds good.

    I really hope you're not advocating acting like Sigourney Weaver and just going in and killing everyone you can find. The majority of whom aren't the violent mobs but people just trying to live. Because if you really think that's a solution, you're very wrong. And I'd be on my way to Washington to help the angry mob rip apart the capitol to find the people whose idea it was.

    You're not going to solve any issues with genocide. Which I really hope you're not advocating. I don't think you are... but it's sounding dangerously like it.


    I said Mitt attacking Obama was stupid.

    No I wasn't...you mentioned a hornets nest, thats how you get rid of it. You don't go and kill all the bees, butterflies, and grasshoppers too. ;)
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  • aerialaerial Posts: 2,319
    http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/383636/20120912/innocence-muslims-mohammed-film-cartoon-danish-prophet.htm

    'Innocence of Muslims' And 5 Other Western Depictions Of Mohammed That Inflamed The Islamic World
    We need to pull out of all countries that have massive amounts of HATERS. No more forgiven debt no more aid.
    You kill just because your offended?
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • I said Mitt attacking Obama was stupid.

    I know... sorry, I put that on the wrong side of the quote boxes.
    No I wasn't...you mentioned a hornets nest, thats how you get rid of it. You don't go and kill all the bees, butterflies, and grasshoppers too. ;)

    OK.. sorry, I've heard a lot of people say "carpet bomb the whole place and let God sort them out" and I'm like... uh... yeah... no, that's NOT what we're going to do.
  • aerial wrote:
    http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/383636/20120912/innocence-muslims-mohammed-film-cartoon-danish-prophet.htm

    'Innocence of Muslims' And 5 Other Western Depictions Of Mohammed That Inflamed The Islamic World
    We need to pull out of all countries that have massive amounts of HATERS. No more forgiven debt no more aid.
    You kill just because your offended?

    And who gets to define "massive amounts" and "haters?"

    56% of the state of North Carolina voted to add marriage discrimination to their constitution. Does that pass either threshold?

    I mean, I understand that this is a horrible thing. Nobody is trying to make light of it. But do you really think that pulling foreign aid is going to help? (Foreign Aid that helps the war orphans, helps keep hospitals open to help the injured civilians and provides schools so things like this are LESS likely to happen?) Because I don't.

    You are talking about a very small group of extremists who feel that the United States has exploited them, harmed them or stolen from them. I'm not going to side with them. But pulling the foreign aid away from those places will create MORE desperation and extremism. Not less. We don't give that aid as a reward for being good and behaving. We do it because it's in our best interest to do so.
  • KatKat Posts: 4,895
    Was closed for review.

    As this event is being investigated, more information will probably come out. Be careful about being harsh with each other while discussing and with painting people with a single brush. Everything isn't known yet.
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  • Bob Ward of the Huffington Post has wrote this article that says that an Al-Qaeda offspring could be responisble for the attack of the U.S. Embassy in Libya. One thing that has been cleared to me is that Al-Qaeda and its supporters only want one thing and that is the destruction of Western society. The only way to prevent this in my opinion is by having Muslims that do not agree with Al-Qaeda to stand up. I beleive that the majority of Muslims are peace loving individuals who most likely want to be left alone to pursue their own lives but Al-Qaeda and extermists have taken over and given a bad name to the Muslim relegion.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/1 ... 78412.html
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    whygohome wrote:
    Enough already. A President does not come out and say "we're gonna fuck you up!!!!"

    Another reason to vote FOR Obama and AGAINST BoobTube Romney.

    first Obama was for traditional family but found out the berkenstock movement wouldn't aprove so he shifted gears to apeese the gay suporters and you seem to be believeing every word that comes from is mouth...I hate to say it my friend but you are being reeled in hook line and sinker...he's either a liar or a polition and I don't think he's a polition...he's lieing about that too. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Kat wrote:
    Be careful about being harsh with each other while discussing and with painting people with a single brush. Everything isn't known yet.

    Thanks for that.

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jason P wrote:

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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,338
    Not all bad, I'm disappointed to see some of the comments on here....but not surprised.
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    Edit: I don't think exterminating people is the answer
  • aerialaerial Posts: 2,319
    aerial wrote:
    http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/383636/20120912/innocence-muslims-mohammed-film-cartoon-danish-prophet.htm

    'Innocence of Muslims' And 5 Other Western Depictions Of Mohammed That Inflamed The Islamic World
    We need to pull out of all countries that have massive amounts of HATERS. No more forgiven debt no more aid.
    You kill just because your offended?

    And who gets to define "massive amounts" and "haters?"

    56% of the state of North Carolina voted to add marriage discrimination to their constitution. Does that pass either threshold?

    I mean, I understand that this is a horrible thing. Nobody is trying to make light of it. But do you really think that pulling foreign aid is going to help? (Foreign Aid that helps the war orphans, helps keep hospitals open to help the injured civilians and provides schools so things like this are LESS likely to happen?) Because I don't.

    You are talking about a very small group of extremists who feel that the United States has exploited them, harmed them or stolen from them. I'm not going to side with them. But pulling the foreign aid away from those places will create MORE desperation and extremism. Not less. We don't give that aid as a reward for being good and behaving. We do it because it's in our best interest to do so.

    Maybe I should have said killers....people voting is the civilized way to make decisions.....The schools are teaching the children to hate us and I would doubt the money goes to the places we think it should go....
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • aerial wrote:
    Maybe I should have said killers....

    Or "terrorists." That would probably fit as well.
    aerial wrote:
    people voting is the civilized way to make decisions.....The schools are teaching the children to hate us and I would doubt the money goes to the places we think it should go....

    I'm not sure what you mean by "the schools are teaching the children to hate us." I'm also not sure what you mean about the money not going where it's supposed to go.

    If you mean that schools in the middle east teach the children to hate us... that's a bit of a broad statement. You'd be surprised that a very large number of the people in the middle east don't hate us at all. It's the extremists who foster that hatred. Pulling money out isn't going to help that.

    As far as money not going where it's supposed to go... you're right that there IS a lot of corruption in third-world countries. Not unlike here, sadly. But maybe instead of buying bombs we could save a bit and pay for oversight and aid.



    (and btw.. we also teach our children to hate them. It's a vicious circle. I mean, I grew up and went to a school in the 80s where I was taught that what we were calling "AIDS" was God's revenge on me and that I deserved to die. So.. it's not just the Islamic people who are guilty of that.)
  • KatKat Posts: 4,895
    dignin wrote:
    http://imgur.com/a/tlCyI

    Edit: I don't think exterminating people is the answer
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  • This is a tragedy no doubt. Good to see some Libyans stand up to these thugs that are responsible.

    But how about the innocent civilians killed by our government in drone attacks? Do their lives matter less? Where is the outrage over their deaths?
  • butterjam wrote:
    But how about the innocent civilians killed by our government in drone attacks? Do their lives matter less? Where is the outrage over their deaths?

    Right here... you are not alone.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    butterjam wrote:
    But how about the innocent civilians killed by our government in drone attacks? Do their lives matter less? Where is the outrage over their deaths?

    Right here... you are not alone.


    just collateral damage. ;) :roll:
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  • butterjam wrote:
    But how about the innocent civilians killed by our government in drone attacks? Do their lives matter less? Where is the outrage over their deaths?

    Right here... you are not alone.


    just collateral damage. ;) :roll:

    Maybe if we... didn't set up embassies everywhere....

    Maybe this guy would still be alive.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Maybe if we... didn't set up embassies everywhere....

    Maybe this guy would still be alive.

    thats just crazy talk. the thought that the US could not be a presence in a country... ;)8-) besides they arent the only country that has embasssies everywhere. and so far as i can see hardly a provocation for murder.
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  • Maybe if we... didn't set up embassies everywhere....

    Maybe this guy would still be alive.

    thats just crazy talk. the thought that the US could not be a presence in a country... ;)8-) besides they arent the only country that has embasssies everywhere. and so far as i can see hardly a provocation for murder.

    Probably because they aren't drone bombing the middle east.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Maybe if we... didn't set up embassies everywhere....

    Maybe this guy would still be alive.

    thats just crazy talk. the thought that the US could not be a presence in a country... ;)8-) besides they arent the only country that has embasssies everywhere. and so far as i can see hardly a provocation for murder.

    Probably because they aren't drone bombing the middle east.

    well yes theres that. but they do have support in those endeavours and i think sometimes were so focussed on the US being the big bad we forget that. i patiently wait for the day when the US 'intervenes' in a country and the rest of us say,yeah, you know what? youre on your own with that. perhaps if we stop enabling them theyll hesistate enough to see the error of their ways.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,018
    edited September 2012
    Godfather. wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:

    all of this friggin crap over a movie....a fiction movie ? ...nuke the fuckin place !

    Godfather.

    GF....I share your disgust over this behavior over a stupid youtube movie that hardly anyone has seen...I don't get it either...

    a bunch of fuckheads all around...the pastor that stokes the flames and the idiots who feel then need to kill others over a movie...

    not sure about nuking the place...but we sure could do some damage if needed...I say we pack up our monetary aid and get the f out of there....

    I also agree, the nuke idea was just a comment made out of anger but yea we should leave.

    Godfather.
    I also agree that we should get the fuck out of the entire region and leave them to sink or swim (I'm thinking sink, given the religious problem and the thing about women, but you never know I guess). Necessary defense of the west should be the oy focus when it comes to these nut jobs. Of course many people there are nice nirmal folks, but unfortunately it is the nutjobs who generally manage to run the show (and appareny, ablut 30% of the population inbthe middle eastnwould be considered extreme in their views. That's a lot). No one there, moderate or extremist, really seems to want us there (at least if they do, they certainly aren't willing or able to have their voices heard, however touching that sorry America sign is, and therefore have no impact on the situation), so we should leave now. But everyone should start saving for an electric car. :? Not sure why it would occur to anyone to attack or bomb them because of what a few extremist citizens did; that seems kind of evil and more something GW would have done.
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  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,310
    Kat wrote:
    Was closed for review.

    As this event is being investigated, more information will probably come out. Be careful about being harsh with each other while discussing and with painting people with a single brush. Everything isn't known yet.


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  • MoonpigMoonpig Posts: 659
    Wow some pretty hateful comments.

    So I just want to make sure I get this straight, because I am massivly confused. So a mentally unstable person can purchase any amount of assualt weapons and ammunition, then go and shoot up a school and many of you will defend lax gun laws and go with the opinion of; guns are going nowhere, it's in our constitution, it's to keep the government in check, guns dont kill people blah blah blah

    But some people who happen to be Muslim attack Americans in another country and it's; pull all aide, nuke 'em, and the like.

    So if a white male christian American goes on a shooting spree - well that happens, dont take my guns.
    Brown islamic male goes on a shooting spree - they all deserve to die, they're all nuts.
    What if a white islamic American male went on a shooting spree in America, taking advantage of the lax gun laws - now that would be a debate.

    It's this logic that I have to say I really don't understand and have commented on many times, can someone please enlighten me??
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Moonpig wrote:
    Wow some pretty hateful comments.

    So I just want to make sure I get this straight, because I am massivly confused. So a mentally unstable person can purchase any amount of assualt weapons and ammunition, then go and shoot up a school and many of you will defend lax gun laws and go with the opinion of; guns are going nowhere, it's in our constitution, it's to keep the government in check, guns dont kill people blah blah blah

    But some people who happen to be Muslim attack Americans in another country and it's; pull all aide, nuke 'em, and the like.

    So if a white male christian American goes on a shooting spree - well that happens, dont take my guns.
    Brown islamic male goes on a shooting spree - they all deserve to die, they're all nuts.
    What if a white islamic American male went on a shooting spree in America, taking advantage of the lax gun laws - now that would be a debate.

    It's this logic that I have to say I really don't understand and have commented on many times, can someone please enlighten me??
    you're comparing this to gun laws ??? when was the last time we've seen Americans attacking any embassy's over gun debates.....this mess in not about gun laws,stop making excusess for the muslim radicals that are acting like animals....check this out..

    enough said.....


    SANAA, Yemen – Protesters angered by a film they consider blasphemous to Islam have stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, in the most recent attack on U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East.

    The Associated Press reports the protesters reached the embassy's grounds but did not enter the building housing the offices. Once inside the embassy, the mob tore down the U.S. flag and burned it. Before storming the compound, the demonstrators removed the embassy's sign and set tires on fire.

    It was similar to an attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Tuesday night. A mob of Libyans also attacked the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday, killing American Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

    Warning shots and tear gas were fired on Egyptian protesters who were clashing with police near the U.S. Embassy in the capital Cairo for the third day in a row.

    The violence has raised worries that further protests could break out around the Muslim world as anger spreads over the movie.

    Yemeni security forces who rushed to the scene fired in the air and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators and were eventually able to drive them out of the compound. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was inside the embassy at the time of the attack.

    The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Washington, D.C. said in a statement obtained by Fox News the government of Yemen "strongly condemns" the attack on the U.S. compound, but says the situation is under control.

    "The government of Yemen will honor international obligations to ensure the safety of diplomats and will step up security presence around all foreign missions," the statement read.

    Pentagon officials tell Fox News that Pentagon and U.S. Navy officials are monitoring the situation in Yemen, but so far have received no request for military assistance there following the Embassy breach.

    Yemen is home to Al Qaeda's most active branch and the United States is the main foreign supporter of the Yemeni government's counterterrorism campaign. The government on Tuesday announced that Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader in Yemen was killed in an apparent U.S. airstrike, a major blow to the terror network.

    The movie, "Innocence of Muslims," came to attention in Egypt after its trailer was dubbed into Arabic and posted on YouTube. The video-sharing website blocked access to it Wednesday. The trailer depicts Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman in an overtly ridiculing way, showing him having sex and calling for massacres.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.



    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/13 ... z26LelyTlS

    Godfather.
  • MoonpigMoonpig Posts: 659
    Godfather. wrote:
    Moonpig wrote:
    Wow some pretty hateful comments.

    So I just want to make sure I get this straight, because I am massivly confused. So a mentally unstable person can purchase any amount of assualt weapons and ammunition, then go and shoot up a school and many of you will defend lax gun laws and go with the opinion of; guns are going nowhere, it's in our constitution, it's to keep the government in check, guns dont kill people blah blah blah

    But some people who happen to be Muslim attack Americans in another country and it's; pull all aide, nuke 'em, and the like.

    So if a white male christian American goes on a shooting spree - well that happens, dont take my guns.
    Brown islamic male goes on a shooting spree - they all deserve to die, they're all nuts.
    What if a white islamic American male went on a shooting spree in America, taking advantage of the lax gun laws - now that would be a debate.

    It's this logic that I have to say I really don't understand and have commented on many times, can someone please enlighten me??
    you're comparing this to gun laws ??? when was the last time we've seen Americans attacking any embassy's over gun debates.....this mess in not about gun laws,stop making excusess for the muslim radicals that are acting like animals....check this out..

    enough said.....


    SANAA, Yemen – Protesters angered by a film they consider blasphemous to Islam have stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, in the most recent attack on U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East.

    The Associated Press reports the protesters reached the embassy's grounds but did not enter the building housing the offices. Once inside the embassy, the mob tore down the U.S. flag and burned it. Before storming the compound, the demonstrators removed the embassy's sign and set tires on fire.

    It was similar to an attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Tuesday night. A mob of Libyans also attacked the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday, killing American Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

    Warning shots and tear gas were fired on Egyptian protesters who were clashing with police near the U.S. Embassy in the capital Cairo for the third day in a row.

    The violence has raised worries that further protests could break out around the Muslim world as anger spreads over the movie.

    Yemeni security forces who rushed to the scene fired in the air and used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators and were eventually able to drive them out of the compound. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was inside the embassy at the time of the attack.

    The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen in Washington, D.C. said in a statement obtained by Fox News the government of Yemen "strongly condemns" the attack on the U.S. compound, but says the situation is under control.

    "The government of Yemen will honor international obligations to ensure the safety of diplomats and will step up security presence around all foreign missions," the statement read.

    Pentagon officials tell Fox News that Pentagon and U.S. Navy officials are monitoring the situation in Yemen, but so far have received no request for military assistance there following the Embassy breach.

    Yemen is home to Al Qaeda's most active branch and the United States is the main foreign supporter of the Yemeni government's counterterrorism campaign. The government on Tuesday announced that Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader in Yemen was killed in an apparent U.S. airstrike, a major blow to the terror network.

    The movie, "Innocence of Muslims," came to attention in Egypt after its trailer was dubbed into Arabic and posted on YouTube. The video-sharing website blocked access to it Wednesday. The trailer depicts Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman in an overtly ridiculing way, showing him having sex and calling for massacres.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.



    Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/13 ... z26LelyTlS

    Godfather.

    Relax man, I'm asking a simple question. I'm comparing outrage to apathy.

    You do realise that these are idiots who happen to be Muslim right?? not the other way around. Like when nutjobs who happen to be Christian blow up abortion clinics - they don't blow them up because they are muslim, it is because they are nut jobs.

    You seem so quick to generalise a whole group / religion, hundreds of millions of people - seems like a pretty stupid thing to do.

    You do understand Godfather that these people do not represent a nation, much less a religion, like red necks don't represent Americans as a whole, or christianity for that matter?
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