NairaMinted:
State Department and Ahrar al-Sham


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzXtVSLt5To

At the 2:12 mark, State Department Spokesperson John Kirby clear states that the Ahrar Al-Sham isn't a terrorist organisation...

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Another Reminder Of The The Sad Reality Is That The Empire Is Run By Mediocre, Rude, Silly, Uneducated..

AGGRESSIVE US ENVOY TO UN USES INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE - LAVROV

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that it is absolutely unacceptable to use rhetoric and language, such as US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power uses.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power acts aggressively and resorts to unacceptable language in her remarks on Russia. "I think she is somewhat aggressive for a US representative. We believe that it is absolutely unacceptable to use such rhetoric, such language," Lavrov said in an interview with the BBC World broadcaster. "I do not want to discuss the manners of our partners, and prefer to focus on the facts, not hysterical statements of people who lose self-control," he reiterated.

From TheDuran:

BUSTED: US State Department doesn’t care about false flag attacks (VIDEO)



Is Heather Nauert now working for al-Qaeda? Hard to tell from her response which quotes the propaganda from pro-al-Aqaeda channels.
During a press conference, RT’s Caleb Maupin asked US Sate Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert if US stories about an ‘imminent chemical weapons attack’ will bait terrorist groups into staging one themselves.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF3HSUFrFc

Her answer was both arrogant, flippant and factually incorrect as Mr. Maupin pointed out, even as Nauert tried to shut him up.

This happened a couple of weeks back.





Senior US official reduced to very awkward silence when asked about Saudi Arabia's attitude to democracy

Acting Assistant Secretary of State Stuart Jones’ 20-second hesitation before answering has been described as the longest pause ever seen from a US official
Adam Lusher Wednesday 31 May 2017


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwoj3U5Awo

A senior US foreign affairs official gave one of the most awkward press conference responses ever witnessed in response to aquestion about Saudi Arabia’s attitude to democracy.

Having served as US Ambassador to Jordan and Iraq – and been in Al Anbar Province in 2004, as it became the deadliest region for US forces in Iraq – Stuart Jones might have been considered more than able to fend off questions about Saudi Arabia’s apparent lack of enthusiasm for elections.

Instead the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Affairs Bureau, freshly returned from accompanying President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Saudi Arabia, seemed completely stumped by the relatively straightforward reporter’s question.



He was asked: “While you were over there, the Secretary criticised the conduct of the Iranian elections and Iran’s record on democracy. He did so standing next to Saudi officials. How do you characterise Saudi Arabia’s commitment to democracy, and does the administration believe that democracy is a buffer or a barrier against extremism?”

“Um,” said Mr Jones. He took a deep breath. He tried again: “Err…”

And then the senior State Department official fell completely silent. For 16 seconds, although to Mr Jones it may have seemed more like an eternity.

Behind his spectacles, Mr Jones seemed to be staring into space, lost in thought – or panic – possibly considering his response, perhaps hoping the ground would swallow him up, or maybe wondering why on Earth he hadn’t wrapped up the press conference before allowing that one last question.

Finally, a full 20 seconds after the question was asked – a pause described by one experienced commentator as the longest ever seen from a US official – Mr Jones managed a stuttering response.
It made no reference at all to attitudes to democracy in a kingdom where only three elections – all of them merely for local councils – have been allowed in 52 years.

The official State Department transcriptseems to have tidied things up by removing the agonising pause and the hesitations, but the video shows Mr Jones’ full response to have been: “I think what we would say is that, uh, at this meeting, we were able to, err, make significant progress with Saudi and GCC [Gulf Cooperation Council] partners in, uh, both making a strong statement against extremism and also, um, and also putting err…err, putting in place certain measures through this GCC mechanism where we can combat extremism.




"Clearly one source of extremism – one source – one err terrorism threat is coming from Iran. And that’s coming from a part of the Iranian apparatus that is not at all responsive to its electorate.”


There is then yet another pause, Mr Jones staying stock still before a fellow State Department official says “okay” to indicate that the press conference is over. Mr Jones then quietly thanks the assembled reporters, collects his papers and exits before anyone is rude enough to ask a follow-up question.