A small group of militants
arriving late at night,
unleashing a fusillade,
from rifles,
from rocket-propelled grenades.
The
U.S Consulate:
Torched
and ransackedon the anniversary
of September 11th .
The
dead:
the
U.S. ambassadorand other Americans.
President
Barrack Obama:
vows
to bringthe killers to justice.
Republican
Mitt Romney:
criticizes
Obama, politicizes a tragedy.
Romney’s attack of Obama, as usual, had no acquaintance with the “reality-based” world. The timing of his attack (while the embassy was still under fire), the content of his attack (based on misinformation), and his reiteration of the attack (after he was given the correct information) have been soundly rebuked, even by his fellow Republicans.
©
2012 Catherine Giordano
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picture of the attack in Libya and the U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens (age
52), who died in the line of duty, is from http://telegraph.co.uk |
I'm glad your newsprintpoetry is still going strong. I feel as you do that no matter which side of the aisle you are on, it's always wrong to politicize a tragedy, particularly when it is steeped in misinformation. Deepening the insult is Romney's choice to continue his verbal assault, even in the face of a fact checker.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, in the news media, I found it almost amusing to hear that there was a search to find out if a particular group was responsible. It needn't necessarily be an organized group when an entire religion and culture is attacked. It need only be a person sick of being pushed around.
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DeleteYou make good points. I think it might have been an organized group because the news story said they all arived together in trucks and well armed. That suggests that it was a planned attack that coincidently happend when a leaderless bunch were protesting the film.
Very sad. I too believe this was a planned attack. They may even have intentially chosen 9/11.
DeleteRomney's attack on the President made it apparent to me that he is an opportunist who does not care who he hurts in his relentless pursuit of his own goals.
I agree Romney is an opportunist. I heard a comentator on TV say that Romney only cares abouth his faith, his family and his business. (I'd change that last one to "his money." I don't think he cares about his country. If he did, he'd pay his taxes instead of hiding money in off-shore accounts. Also, he wouldn't outsource jobs. Middle-class jobs are the engine of the economy.
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