Romney: Obama responsible for 'apology' issued after embassy attack
Source: Examiner
Mitt Romney today again denounced the embassy attacks in Cairo and Libya today, calling the apology sent out by the Cairo embassy a 'disgrace.'
"That reflects the mixed signals that they are sending to the world." Romney said, calling the apology a "terrible course" of action while the American embassy in Cairo was breached.
Romney noted that although President Obama tried to distance himself from the statement, his administration was responsible.
"The President takes responsibility not just for the words that come from his mouth, but the words that come from his ambassadors, from his administration, from his embassies, from his State Department. They clearly sent mixed messages to the world, and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is his administration."
The statement in question was issued by the U.S. embassy in Cairo in repsonse to the attack:
"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.
Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/romney-obama-responsible-for-apology-after-cairo-attack/article/2507742
link to press conference video: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/mitt-romney-discusses-libya-attack-17218040
Gman
(24,780 posts)they've boxed themselves in.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)Gore1FL
(21,027 posts)1> Make statement
2> Stand by statement
3> Contradict statement
4> Deny ever making statement
5> Go to step 1.
Dem_Bones
(5 posts)If Obama is responsible for the actions of his subordinates at the State Department, then he's responsible for those in the Military as well?
Gman
(24,780 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)It's Con-sti-tu-tion, not Consatusshun....
He's on tranquilizers, or something. The same drug he was on during the convention.
He's taking QUESTIONS (and doing TERRIBLY) --someone needs to ask for his TAXES...!!!!!
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)The man is dangerously uniformed and wrong (Rmoney.) The idea of Rmoney as president is sickening..
JBoy
(8,021 posts)and are willing to exploit this tragedy for that purpose.
Pathetic.
catbyte
(34,165 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts).99center
(1,237 posts)Rmoney, what a disgrace
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)because Mitt was not speaking in sentences that made sense at all.
svip
(22 posts).. I hear his words, but at the same time I am hearing that Benny Hill theme in my head too.
Daayyummmboi
(50 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,348 posts)Smilo
(1,944 posts)di·plo·ma·cy? ?[dih-ploh-muh-see] S
1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
2. the art or science of conducting such negotiations.
3. skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is little or no ill will; tact:
You forget Mitt that our embassies are guests in these countries - not occupiers.
pasto76
(1,589 posts)because President Obama actually has a record of killing people who attack, kill or plot against citizens of this country. The threat of a ground invasion isnt much of a deterrent. A drone strike is. Another reason I support him.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)and our "values". So he is saying that the filmmaker has a right to stir up crap and it shouldn't be criticized?
Bossy Monkey
(15,863 posts)(No room for "n/t" up there.)
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)This is what I just heard on MSNBC.
deurbano
(2,891 posts)New York Times:
"U.S. Says It Also Finds Cartoons of Muhammad Offensive"
By JOEL BRINKLEY and IAN FISHER; Joel Brinkley reported from Washington for this article, and Ian Fisher from Gaza. Julie Bosman contributed reporting from New York.
Published: February 4, 2006
"The Muslim world erupted in anger on Friday over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in Europe while the Bush administration offered the protesters support, saying of the cartoons, ''We find them offensive, and we certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive...''
renate
(13,776 posts)Nice find!
deurbano
(2,891 posts)I noticed the information (kinda buried) here (right below the disgusting tweet by Reince Priebus):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/sep/12/libya-egypt-attacks-muhammad-film-live
"US ambassador Chris Stevens killed in Libya - live updates"
Brian Whitaker and Tom McCarthy
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 September 2012 05.45 EDT
"...The Cairo embassy issued its statement calling for tolerance after a crowd had gathered at the site.
Such calls for tolerance are standard procedure. As part of its response in 2006 to outrage over cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, the Bush administration issued a statement saying of the cartoons, "We find them offensive, and we certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive.""