President Obama reversed himself on Tuesday and declared the Boston Marathon bombings to be “an act of terrorism.”
Having drawn some political flak for omitting that word in his initial reaction to the attacks on Monday, the president offered a definition that raised questions about why he had been so cautious.
Obama said the FBI was investigating the twin bombings as a terrorist act. But a moment later, he said: “Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terrorism.” By that standard, the attack that has killed three people and wounded more than 100 should have immediately be seen as terrorism.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, the president echoed what investigators have been saying, that no one yet knows whether foreign or domestic plotters are behind the crude bombs: “We don’t have a sense of motive yet.”
But Obama sought to project a sense of firmness and resolve, again vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice. “The American people refuse to be terrorized,” he said, citing acts of “kindness,” “generosity,” and “love” by bystanders at the race. This, he said, is “who we are, what America is.”
Although he had little information to impact, the president chose to go before the cameras for a second straight day to make clear he is on top of the investigation. He left the briefing room without taking questions.
Source: The Daily Beast
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Coward
When will this dope admit that Bengazi was also a terrorist act??? To bad Romney folded like a cheap camera!
It may sound over the top, but to Obama the Americans have it coming to them for their arrogance. Remember he was in Kenya and subject to ‘colonialism’. He identifies more with the ‘freedom fighters, Palestinians, muslim brotherhood, than with Americans.
To him these are not terrorists, we must ‘reach out’ to them and understand why we are so deserving of their hate.
some similarity with “B”enghazi and “B”oston
No one is good enough for the intangible right.
no benghazi was obviously terror this couldve been another adam lanza trying something new they had to confirm it was political…and yes we still need to know more about benghazi
What will the great OB say if a “Dirty Nuclear”device goes off in Washington?and he cant prove if it belonged to the Koreans or Iranians.We would have to put the entire country on hold until we “clarified the situation.
Is it so hard to say ‘Tippish’?