Don't think consulates are the same as embassies, as such they are usually not armed.
I am not an Obama fan at all but on this issue I don't place any blame on him. In fact I agree with those who feel he was dealt a horrible hand in terms of foreign policy.
The foreign policy situation he inherited was worse and more difficult to correct than the economy although the President has been too timid in acting on either.
Last edited by FaninAma; 9/12/2012 at 08:42 PM.
Incorrect.
You can follow this link and see many countries where there are Marines at the embassy and in separate consulates. For example:
Detachments Within Brazil
AMEMB Brasilia
AMCONGEN Rio de Janeiro
AMCONGEN Sao Paulo
MSG Detachments Within China
American Embassy Beijing
AmConGen Chengdu
AmConGen Guangzhou
AmConGen Hong Kong
AmConGen Shanghai
AmConGen Shenyang
http://www.msg-history.com/detachments.html
This is some good news:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/libyans...231607763.html
I find it odd that Netanyahu spent yesterday 9-11-2012 pushing The President on Iran and now that film seems to have no real person and seems to not even be a film and now guys like Rudy Giuliani are on the news telling talking heads that our President is being to lax on Iran and trying to help Romney out of his ill timed Statements.
It seems to me that there is a possibility that just like the Muslims were baited into a reaction over something that seems now to have been manufactured......that some who don't like the President's position on Iran are also manufacturing an event prior to the election.
I smell a turd and it kind of smells like a kosher oven mitt.
Like I said in an earlier post....this incident might change some protocol regarding safety in our embassies and consulates. Some of the folks who knew Ambassador Stephens say he was a guy that liked to travel the streets when in Libya. Given 9-11-2012 and now the intentional attempt to infuriate followers of the Muslim Religion....it surely seems possible that Ambassador Stephens possibly made a mistake leaving the Embassy and moving to the Consulate in Benghazi.
He was fluent in Arabic and a very experienced and qualified person for the position and surely knew the risks that he faced within Libya.
It surely seems that it would be possible that he was the kind of guy that felt extra Security made him more of a target than a friend of the Libyan People?
Last edited by soonercruiser; 9/12/2012 at 09:09 PM.
How can there be too many children?
That is like saying there are too many flowers.
Mother Teresa
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(Or, too many tax-payers!)
How can there be too many children?
That is like saying there are too many flowers.
Mother Teresa
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(Or, too many tax-payers!)
very bad day......this is also pretty rare.....regardless I feel for those families being notified or those that will be notified shortly.
The world is a changing place
-increased information flow - both misleading and controlled...or both
-changing governments and gaps in intervention or capability that had previously been provided
-changing demographics
-unstable currencies
-rising prices on food in most of the world
Not a good time to be Merikan in certain places. All that frustration focused on one boogy man.
"They replace the priest by a king, the king by an oligarchy, the oligarchy by a despot, the despot by an aristocracy, the aristocrats by a majority, the majority by a tyrant, the tyrant by oligarchs, the oligarchs by aristocrats, the aristocrats by a king, the king by a parliament, the parliament by a dictator, the dictator by a king…six thousands years of it in every language"
I expect a forceful, lethal, and quick response from the armed forces of these United States.
This cannot be tolerated.