on the serious side.......prayer go out to the families of the victims.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
And to think some were calling Libya a victory for Obama, this is why we should stay out of these countries.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say some 50 Marines are being sent to Libya to reinforce security at U.S. diplomatic facilities in the aftermath of an attack in the eastern city of Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador and three American members of his staff.
The Marines are members of an elite group known as a Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, whose role is to respond on short notice to terrorism threats and to reinforce security at U.S. embassies. They operate worldwide.
The officials who disclosed the plan to send the Marines spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Officials believe embassy attack in Libya was coordinated
Wednesday - 9/12/2012, 2:10pm ET
WASHINGTON - Intelligence experts and U.S. government officials are starting to view the attack in Libya that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others in Benghazi as a coordinated attack.
Sources including officials at the Pentagon and the State Department are discussing the possibility that it was a planned operation, and some say several developments seem to support the possibility.
The incident does not appear to be a random mob scene, but rather an opportunity that militants seized, sources say. The attackers used a rocket-propelled grenade, a weapon not traditionally carried by protesters, but commonly used by terrorists.
The attack is believed to have come in two waves. The first wave got inside of the compound, and a second wave penetrated a secure location inside the building. This development raises questions about how the attackers knew the location of that secure facility, sources say.
On Sept. 11, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri put out a video eulogizing Abu Yahya al-Libi, an Islamist terrorist and high-ranking al-Qaida member, who was killed in a drone attack in June. Sources have said they believe the Libyan incident might have been revenge for the death of al-Libi.
The embassy was housed in a local building that had been contracted temporarily. It was not an "Inman" compound, which is a building designed with certain security protocols, such as "standoff" distances between the public street and the actual facility.
Fred Burton, a former diplomatic security agent at the State Department, says it is the host country's responsibility to provide adequate security for all diplomats inside their country.
"One of the more problematic events that you can ever deal with is a large mob that overtakes a facility," Burton says. "You never see that in the U.S. simply because we have adequate police presence and can set up perimeters and keep rolling out the resources to counter that kind of event taking place."
Burton says it is unclear where Stevens was killed.
"Was he killed coming back to the mission or was he trying to exit the mission? Was he trying to exit the safe house that's now into play? There are a lot of unknown factors here," he says.
"You may have had a situation that deteriorated so rapidly that a snap decision was made to load up the ambassador, and 'let's get the hell out of dodge,' and they just vacated and ran into a situation where you had a perimeter set up and RPGs were fired into the limo as it was departing."
The President has ratcheted up security at embassies worldwide because of the incident.
Libyans Applaud President Obama And International Allies With Large Thank You Sign!
At the main square in Benghazi, people have been gathering to celebrate the end of the rule of Muammar Qaddafi. One large sign in the middle of the square in Benghazi features a picture of the “Fantastic 4” (from right to left): US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice. The text on the sign reads: “God Bless You All. Thanks For All.”
Regime Change in Iraq (George Worst Bush) ~$2-3 Trillion Dollars ~4474 American troops killed in the war ~100,000 US Wounded. Result: Regime change accomplished, all other objectives a failure.
Regime Change in Libya (Barack Hussein Obama) ~$1 Billion Dollars ~0 American Troops killed in the war ~No known US wounded ~1 Dead Ambassador ~2 Dead Embassy Staff Results: Regime change accomplished, other objectives, yet to be determinedFAIL.
While Iraq shunned the USA with it's oil contracts (and who can blame them), Libya will remember who aided the rebellion and who put up the expertise and air power for the rebellion to succeed. Libyan oil may be part of Americas future.
Don't ya love it when the Rabid Righties on this board side with Muammar Gaddafi, and the Terrorists of Lockerbie Pan Am Flight 103, against the President of the United States. All politics, all the time.
Terrorist Gaddafi killed 243 passengers and 16 crew members of Flight 103... but this is politics, so the Right is on the side of Terrorism as long as it gets Obama out of office. Very patriotic!
Listen to the contrast between her cheerful demeanor talking about the murder of Gadaffi and the somber demeanor talking about the murder of the Ambassador. AMAZING!!!
NAHHHHH...We're not a nation of war mongers with blood lust.
Cicero is absolutely giddy today at recent news of our embassy killings. He's like a little kid on Christmas morning... A Wonderful Day! And after celebrating the WTC killings yesterday in joyous fashion, Cic is happier than Al Qaeda on Bin Laden's birthday!
You're one sick dude Cicero!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Cicero is absolutely giddy today at recent news of our embassy killings.
Not as giddy as you or Hillary Clinton after the U.S. bombing campaign and murder of Gadaffi.
"WE CAME, WE SAW, HE DIED!!" Hillary Clinton
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Libyans Applaud President Obama And International Allies With Large Thank You Sign!
At the main square in Benghazi, people have been gathering to celebrate the end of the rule of Muammar Qaddafi. One large sign in the middle of the square in Benghazi features a picture of the “Fantastic 4” (from right to left): US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice. The text on the sign reads: “God Bless You All. Thanks For All.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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