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Originally Posted by russotto
You included too much context to successfully paint him as a terrorist. The First Amendment protects vicious wisecracks like lookout's... or like Robertson's. The article you referred to was a bit sneakier-- they removed the first sentence from the quote at the top of the article, including it only later where it might get cut.
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Actually, if you watch the
video, you will see that while his first set of comments can be taken as a wisecrack, later he makes a very deliberate and unambiguous statement.
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We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.
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That is not a "Well if he thinks so maybe we should do it" wisecrack.
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