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No I didn't mean "could".

Of course, the White House "could" ask for any video to be censored/suppressed. The question is "should" they on the same "it incites" Middle Eastern mobs premise.

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And like you said it was rhetorical. And the implication was clearly that asking for review of X implies they "should" ask for review of all things that weakly resemble X. Which your point was to make the initial request seem dumb but I'm pointing out is logically incoherent.

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