Geraldo goes topless for politics

Geraldo Rivera doesn't mind stripping down for his Twitter followers,

• He tweeted about Kobani being "the real Benghazi"


• The tweet included a topless selfie


• In 2013 he blamed drinking for a nearly nude selfie he sent

(CNN) -- Color us confused.

Geraldo Rivera tweeted over the weekend about Kobani, a key Syrian city that has been a focus in the battle against ISIS. The journalist used his official Twitter account to say "from PR, Kobani is the real Benghazi, the beseiged fortress where president really can & must save heroic defenders."

from PR, Kobani is the real Benghazi, the beseiged fortress where president really can & must save heroic defenders http://ift.tt/1sstw1D

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 11, 2014

But while we get that Rivera was enjoying his time in Puerto Rico, it seemed strange that his tweet would include a topless selfie of himself.

It's not like topless selfies haven't stirred the pot for the 71-year-old before. Back in 2013, Rivera blamed it on the alcohol when he tweeted out a nearly nude self-portrait of him draped in a towel and wearing only his glasses.

At the time he said "I never do tequila when I'm alone, but I had this new bottle that someone had given me. The second one, my fate was sealed.

"I said, 'Dammit, I like that picture,'" he added. "I had learned how to use Twitter a couple of weeks ago and there I was."