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President Barack Obama defended the U.S. decision to issue a travel warning and close 19 diplomatic posts in response to a terrorism threat, saying the moves were not an overreaction and urging Americans to go about their summer vacations in a prudent way.
Mr. Obama, addressing the threat for the first time Tuesday during a late-night talk show interview, tried to downplay any fear among Americans in the wake of the threat.
The odds of dying in a terrorist attack are a lot lower than they are of dying in a car accident, unfortunately, Mr. Obama said in a taped segment on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.
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delrem
(9,688 posts)rrr...ight.
Well, Leno would be a good choice to push that line on.
ORANGE ALERT! ORANGE ALERT! BE SCARED! BE VERY SCARED!
But never fear, George W. Bush will save your gullible asses.
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(19,768 posts)through the proper channels, I mean, like that had a chance of working, assuming such channels really exist.
MADem
(135,425 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)I'm not some jet setter, but I do fly to Mexico and Central America two-four times a year and I have kept up with State Dept. warnings for years. Used to ride the bus from Houston to Veracruz a lot, but stopped that in 2009 after I saw my second shooting in Reynosa. State Dept. had been warning about bus travel in northern Mexico for some time. If I was planning a trip to Morocco or Qatar right now, but could easily postpone it I would.