Posted on 08/06/2013 10:06:12 AM PDT by RaceBannon
I’m sure you are correct however I was escorted in by the Deputy Ambassador.
I saw 2 Marines at two checkpoints.
No one else there was armed.
the boston bombers were sooooo effective...This is what we’ll see in the future.
The Marines at the front desk who buzzed you in beyond the hardline have 8 hour watches. We have local hire guards at the perimeter as well as host country provided protection, depending on the mission. Again, the Marines are not there to protect against an external attack. We depend on the host government to protect us. If they can't, we shouldn't be there. This was the cardinal mistake made in Benghazi. We should not have been there because the host government was unable to come to our aid.
Well I hate to sound jaded but in this instance I believe its likely to be in response to the push back agains’t the NSA spying on all of us. Suddenly the terror threat is on red alert. Really?
One thing Obama is not is that he is not an amateur. Could an amateur have taken the greatest nation in the world down to a quivering mass of jelly financially, politically and socially in just 4 years? Hell no! He is a master and is surrounded by masters at what he wants to do. He broadcast it for the world to see and hear. "In a few days we are going to begin to fundamentally change America".
Nobody gave much thought to Hitler either until one day they woke up and found strings of boxcars waiting for them and Brown Shirted thugs armed to the teeth ready to help them board. History...History...History!!!
Do not underestimate ones enemy.
To give cover to this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3051373/posts
Congress is in recess for 5 weeks, and this deflects attention away from what transpired in the link above. Simple Alinksy tactic...
I think Israel is using the ancient strategy ‘when your enemy is imploding, don’t intervene. Just stand back and watch.’
In Teheran in 1979, the “students” took over our embassy for the first time.. Two of my leaders came out in Jan 79. They looked around, weighed the pros and cons, and after the students were in our SCIF, they decided to pull us outin Feb 79. At that time, I was stationed in Rome, and we handled the evac of our dependents that transited there and at Naples. Some of the MSG from Rome were sent to Teheran to bolster the MSG Det in Tehran. In March of 1979, the situation had settled down and the embassy was a bare-bones operation, until they came back to stay in Nov 79. There are some missions where there is a reasonable expectation of rescue should the balloon go up. Teheran was not one of them. Most officers volunteer to go to some of them knowing that they can’t count on the cavalry showing up.if you can’t handle that possibility, then perhaps they should consider another line of work. My last post was Havana was considered a hardship post but we did have a reasonable expectation of the cavalry coming over the ridge.
In Teheran in 1979, the “students” took over our embassy for the first time.. Two of my leaders came out in Jan 79. They looked around, weighed the pros and cons, and after the students were in our SCIF, they decided to pull us outin Feb 79. At that time, I was stationed in Rome, and we handled the evac of our dependents that transited there and at Naples. Some of the MSG from Rome were sent to Teheran to bolster the MSG Det in Tehran. In March of 1979, the situation had settled down and the embassy was a bare-bones operation, until they came back to stay in Nov 79. There are some missions where there is a reasonable expectation of rescue should the balloon go up. Teheran was not one of them. Most officers volunteer to go to some of them knowing that they can’t count on the cavalry showing up.if you can’t handle that possibility, then perhaps they should consider another line of work. My last post was Havana was considered a hardship post but we did have a reasonable expectation of the cavalry coming over the ridge.
Regret double post.
It’s ok....we’re just withdrawing, surrendering our sovereign turf. No big deal, move along, nothing to see here :)
Next the French will be laughing at us!!! I mean wow, what a display of weakness. I could understand a couple of embassies, but this many? We look scared sh*tless.
I’m sure this won’t embolden our enemies ;)
Relax, I believe you.
I’m just sharing what I saw. It just didn’t seem like enough security to me.
Come on y’all, the embassies are closed for this week to observe Obama’s birthday. Unfortunately, I am not being all that sarcastic.
Andy Jackson knew how to handle them.
That you knew of.
But we are militarily involved in many countries in Africa and much of the ME.We are involved in little wars all over the world and preparing to get into even more.
Look at the closings with the understanding that the kenyan is a mohammedan and probably sunni. His sympathies are with the Moslem Brotherhood and the USA is the major target of hatred for the Moslem Brotherhood.
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