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John Kerry on Paris: 'At least with the Charlie Hebdo attack, there was a legitimacy'
2015-11-18
[Hot Air] "In the last days, obviously, that has been particularly put to the test. There's something different about what happened from Charlie Hebdo, and I think everybody would feel that. There was a sort of particularized focus and perhaps even a legitimacy in terms of -- not a legitimacy, but a rationale that you could attach yourself to somehow and say, okay, they're really angry because of this and that. This Friday was absolutely indiscriminate. It wasn't to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong. It was to terrorize people. It was to attack everything that we do stand for. That's not an exaggeration."

Kerry continued, "It was to assault all sense of nationhood and nation-state and rule of law and decency, dignity, and just put fear into the community and say, 'Here we are.' And for what? What's the platform? What's the grievance? That we're not who they are? They kill people because of who they are and they kill people because of what they believe. And it's indiscriminate. They kill Shia. They kill Yezidis. They kill Christians. They kill Druze. They kill Ismaili. They kill anybody who isn't them and doesn't pledge to be that. And they carry with them the greatest public display of misogyny that I've ever seen, not to mention a false claim regarding Islam. It has nothing to do with Islam; it has everything to do with criminality, with terror, with abuse, with psychopathism -- I mean, you name it."
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  John Kerry is a fool.

Reported five years ago, four years ago, and at five minute intervals since.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2015-11-18 20:11  

#9  Oopsie (Vid @ link): Kerry, after gaffe, says terrorist attacks can never be rationalized



Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2015-11-18 16:29  

#8  So if you target Jews you have legitimacy, I get it now.

This. Right out in the open like it's 1938 all over.
Posted by: regular joe   2015-11-18 13:26  

#7  Did he just call Charlie a slut? As in 'she' deserved it?

(Alinsky them right back!)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-11-18 11:27  

#6  Kerry and Obama are no fools.

They know exactly what they are wrecking.
Posted by: Freedom Lover   2015-11-18 10:37  

#5  So he just blessed Daesh with the legitimacy to attack any target that offends them.

This whole administration offends me. So logically I can attack them with legitimacy.

Idiot.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-11-18 09:56  

#4  So if you target Jews you have legitimacy, I get it now.
Posted by: jpal   2015-11-18 09:37  

#3  Kerry's blaming the victim. He and his boss are morons.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-11-18 09:36  

#2  Constructive turmoil. The fracturing of former regimes and the splitting and birthing of others is a Business Development technique for DoS. Some of the little people may lose their lives, 'but what difference does it make.' Terrorism is your friend. Larger conflicts are generally avoided and we [the elites] remain in power.

Posted by: Besoeker   2015-11-18 08:39  

#1  John Kerry is a fool.
Posted by: jvalentour   2015-11-18 08:27  

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