Did @AmbassadorPower just send the dumbest tweet ever or just of the week? https://t.co/VUIFpefB1z
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) February 24, 2014
Arguably the former. You see, this happened:
Samantha Power Says Daniel Pearl’s Death Was Part Of A Cycle Of Violence http://t.co/AfiyWROS5d via @WeaselZippers
— ★♥ Harriet Baldwin (@HarrietBaldwin) February 24, 2014
No, really.
Daniel Pearl's story is reminder that individual accountability & reconciliation are required to break cycles of violence. @DanielPearlFNDN
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) February 24, 2014
Speechless. Twitter users were not speechless, however, and gave Ambassador Power the business over the baffling tweet about Daniel Pearl, the journalist kidnapped and beheaded by jihadists in 2002.
I really don't understand what this is supposed to mean. https://t.co/uPcLvtfG47
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 24, 2014
@JasonBWhitman Seriously — I'm not trying to cause trouble, it's really just….wha??????
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 24, 2014
What the fuck? @AmbassadorPower @DanielPearlFNDN
— Casey Kim (@caseykim12) February 24, 2014
http://twitter.com/#!/llondo/status/437815760958664704
Always. RT @stephenkruiser: Shorter @AmbassadorPower: The Jews.
— BiasedGirl (@BiasedGirl) February 24, 2014
Citizens asked Ambassador Power to explain her disturbing tweet.
@AmbassadorPower What specific steps would you have taken to avoid meeting his fate once captured? Or are you blaming the victim for that?
— Razor (@hale_razor) February 24, 2014
.@AmbassadorPower @DanielPearlFNDN Can you elaborate? What should Pearl have been accountable for? Should he have reconciled with Al Qaeda?
— AG (@AG_Conservative) February 24, 2014
@AmbassadorPower Reconciliation? With people who cut his head off because he's Jewish and American? They referred to him as "the Jew".
— SunnyRight (@sunnyright) February 24, 2014
@AmbassadorPower How, precisely, does on reconcile with medieval savages who traffic in videotaped decapitation porn?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 24, 2014
Is this how, Ms. Power?
“Those 3000 people in the twin towers were just being held accountable for their participation in capitalism.” – Ambassador Power, probably.
— Shaun McDonnell (@McShauno) February 24, 2014
Or this?
Ambassador Power probably blames Ambassador Stevens for #Benghazi https://t.co/u2nMBsOj6q
— Razor (@hale_razor) February 24, 2014
It’s not funny, because it could be true.
“@EWErickson: Why is the US Ambassador to the UN blaming Daniel Pearl for his own murder? https://t.co/fYbfqaG8f9 MT Amb Power is Disgrace!
— Crystal (@crystal_night20) February 24, 2014
Disgraceful, yes. But was she evil or just incredibly stupid?
@MZHemingway @freddoso Out of context. @AmbassadorPower is giving DP lecture, meeting his parents & praising their reconciliation efforts
— Gil Reich (@GilR) February 24, 2014
Here are Ms. Power’s other tweets:
We must be vigilant in protecting the rights of the press. 2013 = 2nd highest # of journalist deaths and arrests all-time. @DanielPearlFNDN
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) February 24, 2014
They don’t really clear things up, do they?
http://twitter.com/#!/KeatingWoodwork/status/437816070955491328
Maybe this is just one of those not made for Twitter tweets.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 24, 2014
@GilR @MZHemingway @AmbassadorPower Evil, probably not. Stupidity? Unquestionably yes.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 24, 2014
Yep. The idiocy, it scorches.
http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/437814728224940032
http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/437818150160453632
@AmbassadorPower WHAT!?!?! No. You're missing the point in such a spectacular way that you land in a different universe @DanielPearlFNDN
— Kelly Maher (@okmaher) February 24, 2014
Comedian Stephen Kruiser may have discovered the cause of her asinine tweet.
Thank you, @AmbassadorPower for taking the bold step to provide an example of the perils of sniffing glue.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 24, 2014
And this Twitter user brings it all home with this key exit question to Amb. Power:
What the hell is wrong with you? @AmbassadorPower @DanielPearlFNDN
— Tom O'C (@teeocee) February 24, 2014
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