[skimbell]

"Well if we did that, our diplomats would be in constant danger the world over..."

Yeah, next thing you know a muzzi government somewhere would be grabbing hostages and holding them hostage for 444 days, or maybe they'd blow up one of our embassies and kill the ambassador and his staff.

[Robert DeLong]

Nope, they have already done that. Instead they will level false charges against them. You can be snarky all you want, but his suggestion is not the answer. It was even a response I entertained for a second, but then thought about the bigger picture.

For those atrocities that you did mention, that is when you go to Congress and ask for a declaration of war. We didn't, so blame the Presidents (Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Obama) at the time of the attacks. There is also the option of a retaliatory attack, but people (not me) seem to frown on that too.