On the execution of a prisoner of Al Qaeda in Mali

Here's the difference between
"condemning"
--a PR maneuver
--a conscience-soother
--a rhetorical smoother

and
"rejecting"
--a tactical decision
--an act of moral precision
--a strategic position

Here's the difference between
"exploiting"
--selling an innocent death
--carnivals posing as press
--portable public address

and
"explaining"
--self-destructive tendencies
--religious dependencies
--the common thread between those and these

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