Secretary of State John Kerry has done it again: even more foolish and offensive statements about the terrorist attacks in Paris a year ago.
I’ve written here before about his startling remarks in Paris last November, after the horrifying terrorist attacks of November 13. There, he said among other things these lines:
So, killing Jews and journalists is somehow less awful than “indiscriminate” killing? Actually, Kerry did not in these remarks in November refer to the Jews who were murdered at a kosher grocery at all; he mentioned only the journalists killed at the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
And now he’s done it again.
This is the statement he issued on January 7th, in full, entitled “First Anniversary of the Attacks in Paris:”
Kerry’s magic here: He made the Jews disappear. Once again he refers only to Charlie Hebdo and “journalists around the world.”
But on January 9th, one year ago, four hostages at the kosher grocery were killed. They had been shopping before the sabbath began, on a Friday evening.
It should not be too much for our secretary of state to take notice of them too: people who became victims because they were Jews. The Paris attacks on January 2015 were not attacks against journalists and others; they were attacks on journalists and Jews, who were killed because they were Jews. That Kerry continues to make them disappear is disgraceful.
