WikiLeaks' bizarre claim that the assault on the U.S. embassy in Libya was really all about them

[struggle4progress]

Say what? WikiLeaks' bizarre claim that the assault on the U.S. embassy in Libya was really all about them
Secret-spilling website posts then retracts wonky tweets saying U.S. gave tacit approval for embassy sieges around the globe in effort to have founder Julian Assange extradited.
By Anthony Bartkewicz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, September 13, 2012, 10:56 AM

The assault on the U.S. embassy in Libya that killed four American diplomats was all about WikiLeaks — if you ask WikiLeaks.

In a series of deleted and revised tweets obtained by The Telegraph, the secret-spilling website linked the attack to the U.K.’s threat to enter the Ecuadorian embassy in London where founder Julian Assange is currently holed up to escape extradition.

By not opposing the threat, the first tweet claimed, the U.S. “gave tacit approval for attacks on embassies around the world” ...

Yet another revision said the U.S. had “helped to normalize attacks on embassies, in general. It must retract” ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/wikileaks-bizarre-claim-assault-u-s-embassy-libya-article-1.1158385

[Curtland1015]

1. Yup. That was a pretty damned stupid thing to say.

Certainly doesn't paint them in a good light.

[msanthrope]

2. Friends don't let friends drink and tweet---

http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/the-internaut/i-am-a-corrupt-moron-flying-jumbo-jets-loaded-with-entire-nations-says-julian-assange/

[dipsydoodle]

3. Why have you effectively duplicated your own post elsewhere ?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014228271

[MADem]

4. ...both absurd and shockingly offensive

Even after three tries, the bizarre claim baffled the site’s staunch supporters.
New Statesman editor Jemima Khan, a high-profile WikiLeaks booster, called the tweet “both absurd and shockingly offensive.”


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/wikileaks-bizarre-claim-assault-u-s-embassy-libya-article-1.1158385#ixzz26MsUDaox

Someone (holed up in an embassy) is "losing it," I think. When even your cheerleaders think you're saying nutty shit, it's time to shut up!

[monmouth]

5. Seems he is unhappy to not be on the first page of anything. Egomaniac...n/t

[ck4829]

6. Oh, it's one of the least bizarre things said about this.

They could be blaming it on "appeasement".