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I noticed you left off the time.The statement was released before there were any attacks. An attempt at diplomacy that failed.Did the U.S. apologize for the Cairo embassy attack?
CBS News) After a massive crowd of angry Egyptians began amassing outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, furious over an anti-Muslim film produced in the U.S., the embassy there released a statement saying it did not support any anti-religious efforts.
"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 statement began.
Conservatives have pounced on the statement, calling it an "apology," and the White House responded by saying it had not approved the statement before its release.
Did the U.S. apologize for the Cairo embassy attack? - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
Ravi, perhaps you were legitmately not aware there was an apology made by the Embassy. I don't fault you for that. And I was not aware that the White House is trying to walk it back.
Truce.
Here's the full statement. It includes the date. It is after the attack.
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Radicals attack US embassy, Obama apologizes. Will Romney speak out? (UPDATE: Romney speaks out) | WashingtonExaminer.comHere is the statement released Tuesday by the U.S. embassy, in its entirety:
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. 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. 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.
I have given you article after article to prove that there was an apology and the White House was trying to walk it back.
1) There was an apology 2) The White House is trying it's best to disavow that apology 3) Reality sucks, but it is what it is.
Yeah, Vanilla Ice....you must be in stoned mode this morning.
Yes, the US should TORTURE terrorists to get intel before we kill them....what common sense.
Oh, killing them is more "humane."
Alan Colmes was on O'Reilly last night explaining killing terrorists isn't more violent than torturing them, while he tortured his own brain trying to explain it.
Why don't you go torture someone, bro.
Go storm a Russian Embassy, kill the ambassador, and watch what happens next. I bet Putin wont be blaming the Russians.
That sounds like a very safe bet.
I remember what happened to our embassador in Afghanistan in 1979....do you? Hint...it involved the Soviets.
The state department issued a statement of apology. Then when it turned out that yet another apology disgusted Americans is trying to walk it back by claiming that the state department is rogue.
Whatever obama does, if it turns out that it's not well received, it's a mistake and he blames someone else.
Yeah, Vanilla Ice....you must be in stoned mode this morning.
Why don't you go torture someone, bro.
I'm just wondering what type of satisfaction it gives you to be uber angry and ass-holish when you espouse your partisan views on the daily -
and all this tough talk about torture, etc....
When really - you're a dude, sitting on the internet saying these things. You're not ABOUT that life, you're a guy who talks about it all in CAPS and angry words, you're not a guy OUT THERE, doing shit.
So yea, call me stoned Vanilla Ice but you? You're fucking f-u-n-n-y.
Can you rap that?
Yeah, Vanilla Ice....you must be in stoned mode this morning.
I'm just wondering what type of satisfaction it gives you to be uber angry and ass-holish when you espouse your partisan views on the daily -
and all this tough talk about torture, etc....
When really - you're a dude, sitting on the internet saying these things. You're not ABOUT that life, you're a guy who talks about it all in CAPS and angry words, you're not a guy OUT THERE, doing shit.
So yea, call me stoned Vanilla Ice but you? You're fucking f-u-n-n-y.
It's past time to kick some Muslim ass.
It's past time to kick some Muslim ass.
Get a grip.
Yeah, we should retreat and apologize in your little brain.
The CIA and Spec Ops should be paying Libya a visit until we know these terrorist groups fear being in Libya.
It's past time to kick some Muslim ass.
Get a grip.
We can't retreat from countries that don't exist. Yeah, we should retreat and apologize in your little brain.
The CIA and Spec Ops should be paying Libya a visit until we know these terrorist groups fear being in Libya.
Get a grip.
Retreat to where moron? We are not at war with Lybia.
Yes, we aren't in Lybia.
Oh, retreat from the US Embassy in Libya, dumbfuck.
Yeah, we should retreat and apologize in your little brain.
The CIA and Spec Ops should be paying Libya a visit until we know these terrorist groups fear being in Libya.
Retreat to where moron? We are not at war with Lybia.
There was no apology.
And everyone can see that you are peeing your pants in glee over these deaths.
the radical right thrives on schadenfreud
The right thrives on Truth. There was an apology and everyone or most, know it.
No it isn't. An act of war is one COUNTRY attacking another. I would go along with calling this terrorism.Yes it does. Any attack on US soil is an act of war. And, an embassy is soverign US soil.
I don't really care what you "would go along with" it is an act of war.
the radical right thrives on schadenfreud
The right thrives on Truth. There was an apology and everyone or most, know it.
i wouldn't believe the rabid right if your tongues were notarized.
Love ya Jillian! You are the best!
Maybe we should stop funding militant groups for creating insurrection in these country's?What should the US response be to the attacks on its missions in Egypt and Libya?
Personally I think a firm and decisive response is needed to drive home the message that these kinds of attacks will have an unbearable cost for those who attempt them.
In Libya the government has already apologized and condemned the attack, and this should be acknowledged. As a further step the Libyan government should provide all necessary information as to which groups were behind this attack. They should then be targeted for military elimination by US forces.
In Egypt the US should also demand an apoloy from the government and an unequivocal condemnation of the attack there. The US government should order its staff to take down the black flag that was hung up there and it should be destroyed. Furthermore the Egyptian government should be told to immediately arrest the organizers of the demonstrations and to make clear that anybody calling for violence against the US will also be arrested. It should clamp down on extremist groups. If it fails to act, all aid to Egypt should be cancelled as well as all supply of military material and a boycot of Egyptian goods and travel to Egypt put in place.
