We are involved in very difficult circumstances. We are in diplomatic circles with delicate issues. This doesn't surprise me. The USA does not need a hostage situation while trying to negotiate peace accords. I am quite confident this is the right thing to do.
We don't need to be dropping bombs. Quite the contrary. The peoples involved with hate of the USA can't be right or correct in their politics anymore. We cannot enter a country with guns blazing and expect those nation's people to trust us or even seek to be at peace with us. Lacking an aggressive stance IS a matter of national defense.
There are regions on this planet that do not need to be destabilized any further. The countries have to protect their sovereignty against those that want to see them changed to serve their own purposes. As long as the USA gives al Qaeda a reason to believe we are the most imposing force on the globe, this will continue. Nation's leaders have to lead. They have to have the trust of their people. People don't trust the USA. It is time we stood down.
We don't need to be dropping bombs. Quite the contrary. The peoples involved with hate of the USA can't be right or correct in their politics anymore. We cannot enter a country with guns blazing and expect those nation's people to trust us or even seek to be at peace with us. Lacking an aggressive stance IS a matter of national defense.
There are regions on this planet that do not need to be destabilized any further. The countries have to protect their sovereignty against those that want to see them changed to serve their own purposes. As long as the USA gives al Qaeda a reason to believe we are the most imposing force on the globe, this will continue. Nation's leaders have to lead. They have to have the trust of their people. People don't trust the USA. It is time we stood down.
By Michelle Jamrisko and Nicole Gaouette
August 05, 2013
At least 19 U.S. embassies and consulates (click here) in predominantly Muslim countries will remain closed
through this week as the Obama administration tied terror
threats to the Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda.
The U.S. closed 22 outposts yesterday after the State Department’s issued a worldwide travel alert warning of attacks in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia by al-Qaeda or its affiliates. The decision to extend the shutdown for 19 of the facilities through Aug. 10 “is not an indication of a new threat,” Jen Psaki, a department spokeswoman, said yesterday in an e-mail...
