On Tuesday, for instance, an Israeli bombardment killed longtime Michigan resident Kamel Jawad.One wonders how this bad information got to State, on this sensitive topic, which they didn't make sure to verify, didn't care to verify, didn't... care.
“It’s our understanding that it was a legal permanent resident, not an American citizen, but we obviously offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss,” Miller, the State Department spokesperson, said on Wednesday when asked about the incident.
But Jawad was not just a US resident, but an American citizen, according to his family. His daughter Nadine said he was killed in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh while helping elderly and displaced people.
I suppose alternative facts are necessary to fit it in with this.
The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.Hurricane sharpie time.
Someone on twitter appeared to pull the vote registration info, which I haven't tried to verify, but if correct, he was voting in 2012 so it's not like he passed the citizenship test last week.