Thread: Russian official mocks Navy Yard shooting

Washington Times
By Ben WolfgangSeptember 16, 2013

"Nobody’s even surprised anymore. A clear confirmation of American exceptionalism.”

A Russian official blasted “American exceptionalism” in a tweet Monday morning, saying the deadly shooting at Washington’s Navy Yard confirms the worst about the U.S.

“A new shootout at Navy headquarters in Washington — a lone gunman and 7 corpses. Nobody’s even surprised anymore,” tweeted Alexey Pushkov, a member of the Russian parliamentary foreign affairs committee.

“A clear confirmation of American exceptionalism,” he added.

The comment — met with disgust on Twitter Monday, as the situation at Navy Yard continues to unfold — is a reference to the recent New York Times op-ed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In the piece, Mr. Putin blasted American exceptionalism and admonished Americans to remember that God has created everyone equal.

Like Mr. Pushkov’s tweet, Mr. Putin’s comments fueled outrage from U.S. lawmakers and many others.


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To the families of those gunned down at the Navy yard on Monday, may I offer my sympathy and a prayer for your consolation, eventually.

To Russian President Vladimir Putin and M.P. Alexei Pushkov, may I offer to complete the sentence from which you lifted the phrase, "that God has created all men equal."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Not death. Not servitude. Not hiding in fear from terrorists, tyrants, or a totalitarian state.

Life is a gift from God, not a concession from the state - any state. Though the Rights to Life and Liberty be denied or taken away, they cannot be made alien or foreign, to Americans or to anyone. Life and Liberty are native and intrinsic to any of these images of God.

Yet, Life and Liberty become eternal and imperishable only through faith in the Christ, the Lord, by receiving Jesus.