Yes...I would dispute it. He only said that we would not retaliate with nukes...not that we wouldn't retaliate at all.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:17 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Fox news outright lies and misinforms on latest treaty On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > What you are suggesting they meant, is not what was said. > > This is around 4 Minutes into the Clip where John introduces the Fox > news excerpt. > > Newt Gingrich: "If there were a biological attack, which killed over a > million americans, is this President really saying we would not > retaliate?" > Hannity: "Yes! Yes that's what he said!" > Newt: "What is it we would do?" > Hannity:"Wait a minute, but that's what...that's what he said * > emphatically* Am I to ,I mean.." > Newt:"No no...I agree.That's what he said." > > What clip are you watching that has this play out completely differently, Sam? ...the administration announced the U.S. would not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, even if they were to attack America with chemical or biological weapons. So your dispute is the use of the word retaliate? Added this to the context: So much for the American nuclear policies of yesterday. Now, there was President Dwight D. Eisenhower's policy of massive retaliation which alerted hostile nations that the United States reserved the right to retaliate against hostile nations at a place and time of its choosing. > This is all I'm talking about. Not the actual policy, or for a > breakdown of whether it makes the US safer/unsafe. > > Just the issue of the wilful misrepresentation-I call it Lieing-that > was displayed here. > You have not refuted that the above statements misrepresent what is > stated in the US Policy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315613 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
