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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

U.S. Diplomatic Missions Attacked in Egypt and Libya and (update) the U.S. Ambassador to Libya is murdered: Barack Obama apologizes to the attackers!


Egyptian protestors stormed the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Barack Obama does not
condemn attacks but apologizes for Americans film makers...
It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.” 
Mitt Romney
Update:  Mitt Romney is correct:  Never apologize for American values!  

This is the statement the U.S. Embassy in Cairo made:
"The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions," the embassy said in a statement published online.
"Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy," the embassy said.
"Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others," the embassy said.
The embassy staff took to Twitter to defend their apology in the face of widespread criticism.
"Of course we condemn breaches of our compound, we're the ones actually living through this," the embassy tweeted. "But neither breaches of our compound or angry messages will dissuade us from defending freedom of speech AND criticizing bigotry."
White House later in the day, in response to questions about the statement, claimed it was issued without being cleared by the White House.   A U.S. State Department employee was killed.  

Update:
Tweets from the State Department apologizing for the film and defending their statements are now off of Twitter.
Compare Mitt Romney's first tweet today to Barack Obama's first tweet:

The U.S. Ambassador to Libya was murdered.  Four Americans slain in Libya.
We are back to 1979

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