Embassy AttacksFollow

Strategy!

Sure they knew the same way the Bush White House new months in advance about 9/11. Then again the Bush White House actually had credible evidence from several different nations, heck they even knew how the attacks were going to take place. This administration has received countless threats every year on 9/11, just like Bush did post 9/11, you can't track them all.

On the bright side, it is nice to see the overwhelming sympathy displayed by the people of Libya. Protesters turned to mourners. The government is actively arresting people, and the best part, the US Gov didn't have to send any more young men and women into harms way. Its almost like diplomacy has worked or something.

Oh I must have missed that update...spending to much time reading about dogs who sit on their masters graves I guess.

Looks like the two attacks were somewhat unrelated in leadership.

Please, it's transparently a Syrian operation to busy the US with other things while they consolidate power and end their uprising. The option to use force overtly in support of the rebels in Syria has now been removed. Assad isn't Qaddafi or Mubarak. He's the real thing.

Rdmcandie, Though you may have only known Sean Smith through the internet game EVE, you knew him as a friend and it's only human to morn the lost of someone that gave meaning to your life. Let yourself grieve for him, give yourself time to heal and some day you'll look back and be able to say proudly that you had to chance to get to know VileRat, a true Friend and American Hero.

I dare say it seems like he was doing just that. His corp-mates reported that he would frequently have to leave chat because of nearby gunfire and other such incidents of violence. Serving in the consulate of an unstable and relatively hostile region is a dangerous job, and I think there's something fairly heroic about undertaking it.

That's true.

Well, except for that time when he got killed.

Which is unfortunate, but not heroic.

The act of working amidst the dangers being heroic, not the act of being killed.

As I see it, heroism and courage are generally synonymous, with heroism skewing more towards "bravery done for others' benefit". I think consulate work falls under that well enough for me.

I mean, there's a gradient here. But I do think that it's heroic, on some level.

Look. I know you're annoyed, and I get it. But the Admins had very little to do with that particular decision.

No kidding. I'm pretty sure this was obvious. No one thinks the hall monitors are setting school board policy, either.