The Obama administration denies harsh realities about anti-Semitism motivating Paris terror attacks Why can't the President and his spokesman say the plain truth? NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, February 12, 2015,
Amedy Coulibaly, the confederate of the Charlie Hebdo terrorists who laid siege to a kosher supermarket in Paris — and killed four hostages — targeted Jews. No one in his right mind disputes this. Except President Obama and his staff. At the height of the siege, Coulibaly told a journalist that he had chosen to kill Jews. A day earlier, Coulibaly killed a cop outside a Jewish school that police think was an intended target. In his “martyrdom tape,” Coulibaly was asked, “Why did you attack France, Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish grocery store?” Part of his answer: “What we have done is completely legitimate given what they have done.” Thus, Obama was offensively wrong when he said in an interview with Vox.com: “It is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you’ve got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.” But the killer did not randomly choose the kosher market, nor were his victims a random “bunch of folks.” He killed them in the sure expectation they were Jews, as the four indeed were. There is virtually no question that Obama said exactly what he meant. On Monday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest and the State Department spokeswoman clung to the notion of bloodshed by happenstance. Challenged by ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Earnest said, “The adverb that the President chose was used to indicate that the individuals who were killed in that terrible, tragic incident were killed not because of who they were, but because of where they randomly happened to be.” Then came this follow-up question: “They weren’t killed because they were in a Jewish deli, though? . . . a kosher deli?” Earnest replied: “These individuals were not targeted by name, this is the point.” Follow-up: “Not by name, but by religion, were they not?” Answer: “There were people other than just Jews who were in that deli.” The truth is indisputable: The killer was a radicalized Muslim. He chose the kosher supermarket to kill Jews. Why cannot this President say so? -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
