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2015-03-03 Government

State Department Tweets Speech by Cleric Who Blames Unrest on Global Zionist Conspiracy

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Posted by DarthVader 2015-03-03 09:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Tweeting statements that sound good, without checking the source material.

I swear it has been amateur hour for the State Department for decades.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-03-03 09:03|| 2015-03-03 09:03|| Front Page Top

#2 The tool who did this should be fired, pour encourager les autres

Posted by Frank G 2015-03-03 10:46|| 2015-03-03 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Instead (s)he'll probably get promoted.

Deputy Harf'er.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-03-03 11:05|| 2015-03-03 11:05|| Front Page Top

#4 “But this isn’t a standard case of double-speak, where they get caught between one of these guys saying one thing for Western audiences and then turning around and saying the opposite when talking to his own people. Here we have Sheik Tayeb’s quote about ‘global colonialism allied to world Zionism’ in the very same article that they tweeted out. It’s as if they didn’t read past the first few graphs.”

More like they don't expect their target audience to read more than the tweet.

Posted by Pappy 2015-03-03 12:51|| 2015-03-03 12:51|| Front Page Top

#5 More like they don't expect their target audience to read more than the tweet.

To be fair, people like us are not their target audience... and they believe as an article of faith that we're stupid Luddites.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-03-03 13:08|| 2015-03-03 13:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, that's a given, tw.

Posted by Pappy 2015-03-03 16:51|| 2015-03-03 16:51|| Front Page Top

#7 If State's personal emails ever get hacked like Sony, we'd all probably be entertained with similar views expressed. directly or implied, by its personnel.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-03-03 19:03|| 2015-03-03 19:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Nope. State agrees completely with this guy. Disagreeing would put their Saudi Retirement Funds at risk.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-03-03 23:29|| 2015-03-03 23:29|| Front Page Top

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