Folks I am gonna post this in the hopes it will stay a discussion of current events and ways we can keep an eye out and prepare for what may come from these topics. As much as I want to go down the tin-foil route on this, I am going to do my best to refrain and ask that each of you do the same.
First of all, we have stories like the one below. Even with all the issues surrounding Iran finally building a nuclear weapon, our leader has apparently determined that campaining for re-election is more important that meeting with the leader of our closest ally in the Middle east. I can't recall anytime in my life of our president refusing to meet with the leader of Israel. On top of that in nearly 4 years he has not once made a trip to Israel. That to is something i don't recall.
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPol...aspx?id=284709
US: No time for Obama-Netanyahu meeting
By HERB KEINON, TOVAH LAZAROFF
LAST UPDATED: 09/11/2012 23:40
Announcement follows Netanyahu declaration that those who don't place "red lines" on Iran, have no right to give Israel a "red light."
Netanyahu and Obama. Photo: Jim Young/ Reuters
For the first time since taking office, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is slated to visit the United States without meeting US President Barack Obama. The lack of a meeting later this month comes in the midst of roiling tensions between Jerusalem and Washington over setting red lines for Iran’s nuclear program.
Some have seen the absence of a face-to-face conversation as a further sign of strain in the relationship.
A White House official said he did not have a final schedule for the president for that week. His response left open the possibility that a last minute meeting could be added to the agenda.
A request from Netanyahu’s office to meet with Obama in Washington as part of the prime minister’s trip to the United Nations in New York later this month was rejected for scheduling reasons, an Israeli official said Tuesday.
Netanyahu, however, is expected to meet with other senior US officials in New York, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
When asked about the White House’s refusal to schedule a meeting between Netanyahu and Obama, an official there noted that the two leaders would be visiting New York at different times.
News that the two might not meet came after tensions between Jerusalem and Washington over Iran burst into the open on Tuesday when Netanyahu attacked the US’s policy on Tehran at a joint press conference in Jerusalem with visiting Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Metodiev Borisov.
Netanyahu said that those who do not place “red lines” in front of Iran have no moral right to put a “red light” in front of Israel when it comes to military action.
Netanyahu’s words came in the wake of statements by Clinton on Sunday, and State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Monday, that the US had no intention of putting either red lines or deadlines in front of the Iranians.
Secondly, we have many stories about this. After we spent billions of dollars and most of last summer/fall helping these idiots over throw the leaders of their country, how do they repay us? Attack our embassies and kill some of our diplomats. This on 9/11 no less. After watching and reading some info on this, I learned today that the facility in Libya was unguarded by Marines. I thought the standard procedure was for all state embassies be guarded by Marines. Has that changed recently?
Apparently there had been chatter on impending attacks at facilities in various countries that went unheeded.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09...wall-in-cairo/
State Department officer killed in attack on US Consulate in Libya, following Egyptian protest at US embassy
Published September 12, 2012
Associated Press
URGENT: A Untied States envoy and three others were reportedly killed in an attack on the American embassy in Libya, unconfirmed reports say.
Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American diplomat, witnesses and the State Department said. In Egypt, protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo and replaced an American flag with an Islamic banner.
It was the first such assaults on U.S. diplomatic facilities in either country, at a time when both Libya and Egypt are struggling to overcome the turmoil following the ouster of their longtime leaders, Muammar Qaddafi and Hosni Mubarak in uprisings last year.
The protests in both countries were sparked by outrage over a film ridiculing Muhammad produced by an American in California and being promoted by an extreme anti-Muslim Egyptian Christian campaigner in the United States. Excerpts from the film dubbed into Arabic were posted on YouTube.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed that one State Department officer had been killed in the protest at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. She strongly condemned the attack and said she had called Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif "to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya."
Clinton expressed concern that the protests might spread to other countries. She said the U.S. is working with "partner countries around the world to protect our personnel, our missions, and American citizens worldwide."
"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet," Clinton said in a statement released by the State Department. "The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind. "
In Benghazi, a large mob stormed the U.S. consulate, with gunmen firing their weapons, said Wanis al-Sharef, an Interior Ministry official in Benghazi. A witness said attackers fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at the consulate as they clashed with Libyans hired to guard the facility.
Again folks, please keep your eye on the ball.
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Here is one additional story.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1877829.html
U.S. Embassy Protests: Embassies In 7 Countries Warn Of Possible Attacks
By MATTHEW LEE 09/12/12 01:41 PM ET AP
WASHINGTON — U.S. embassies in at least seven countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Caucasus are warning of possible anti-American protests following the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
The embassies in Armenia, Burundi, Kuwait, Sudan, Tunisia and Zambia, along with the embassy in Egypt, which was hit by a protest on Tuesday, all issued warnings on Wednesday advising Americans to be particularly vigilant.
The warnings, posted on the embassies' websites, do not report any specific threat to Americans but note that demonstrations can become violent.
The protest in Cairo and the attack in Benghazi appear to have been responses to an inflammatory anti-Muslim video posted on the Internet.
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