That simply gives permission for war. That is part of the problem with new democracies. People kill each other because of the angers of the past.
People do hate the United States. Diplomacy is not about happy talk. Diplomacy is about setting limits on hate and averting war. It is always about changing the course of hate and building relationships instead. Diplomacy is on going and until there are actions by nations that cannot be extinguished by peaceful measure; never giving up on peace works.
Today, in China there are demonstrations focused on the Japanese. Does that mean Japan simply gives up and states, "They hate us because they hate us?" Seriously, now.
If people are protesting the USA while stating it was an offensive video about Mohammad that has them enraged, then it is a video that has them enraged. Taking that reason away from the protests and violence and assigning it to hatred alone, removes reasons to move forward with peace and continued measures to end the violence. Removing measures to peace is a good idea?
I think the unrest over the video has multiple reasons, but, for the USA to assign 'nothing' as a reason for them is a mistake. Including 'nothing' as a possibility is just being ready for a different reality and protecting from that, but, to assign an understanding rather than take the ? excuses ? seriously to protests and violence is not a venue for moving forward, it is a venue of war. I reject it.
We are not going to war over a video and we are certainly not going to war in a country without contained security to simply repeat the same mistakes of Iraq and kill more. One has to ask how prudent it was to have a diplomatic outpost in Libya rather than a protected consulate in Tripoli.
I admire Ambassador Stevens. He is irreplaceable, but, his bravery was not prudent. We have seen this in Libya before. People too confident of their standing to act prudently. Journalists were lost in Libya because they treated their expertise as they did when they were imbeds with USA troops. They over reached and they were too willing to be ambitious to find the truth in a very dangerous place and time.
Videographer among Libyan civilians (click here) who roamed through the consulate after rampage over anti-Islam film last week said he heard someone call out he had tripped over a dead body, but ‘he was alive.’
If he was alive why wasn't he saved and brought to clean air to breath? The questions continue to mount without sound answers to date regarding what occurred in Benghazi.
Ambassador Stevens was one of a kind, but, in all honesty his expertise did not prepare him for a power vacuum in an ending war. I am sure he weighed the idea of a larger military contingent when he traveled, but, as many before him (ie: McChrystal and USA military officers and commanders in Afghanistan since McChrystal) the appearance of strength over a welcoming posture to a populous is sometimes worse.
People do hate the United States. Diplomacy is not about happy talk. Diplomacy is about setting limits on hate and averting war. It is always about changing the course of hate and building relationships instead. Diplomacy is on going and until there are actions by nations that cannot be extinguished by peaceful measure; never giving up on peace works.
Today, in China there are demonstrations focused on the Japanese. Does that mean Japan simply gives up and states, "They hate us because they hate us?" Seriously, now.
If people are protesting the USA while stating it was an offensive video about Mohammad that has them enraged, then it is a video that has them enraged. Taking that reason away from the protests and violence and assigning it to hatred alone, removes reasons to move forward with peace and continued measures to end the violence. Removing measures to peace is a good idea?
I think the unrest over the video has multiple reasons, but, for the USA to assign 'nothing' as a reason for them is a mistake. Including 'nothing' as a possibility is just being ready for a different reality and protecting from that, but, to assign an understanding rather than take the ? excuses ? seriously to protests and violence is not a venue for moving forward, it is a venue of war. I reject it.
We are not going to war over a video and we are certainly not going to war in a country without contained security to simply repeat the same mistakes of Iraq and kill more. One has to ask how prudent it was to have a diplomatic outpost in Libya rather than a protected consulate in Tripoli.
I admire Ambassador Stevens. He is irreplaceable, but, his bravery was not prudent. We have seen this in Libya before. People too confident of their standing to act prudently. Journalists were lost in Libya because they treated their expertise as they did when they were imbeds with USA troops. They over reached and they were too willing to be ambitious to find the truth in a very dangerous place and time.
Videographer among Libyan civilians (click here) who roamed through the consulate after rampage over anti-Islam film last week said he heard someone call out he had tripped over a dead body, but ‘he was alive.’
If he was alive why wasn't he saved and brought to clean air to breath? The questions continue to mount without sound answers to date regarding what occurred in Benghazi.
Ambassador Stevens was one of a kind, but, in all honesty his expertise did not prepare him for a power vacuum in an ending war. I am sure he weighed the idea of a larger military contingent when he traveled, but, as many before him (ie: McChrystal and USA military officers and commanders in Afghanistan since McChrystal) the appearance of strength over a welcoming posture to a populous is sometimes worse.
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...The planned promotion (click here) to head the U.S. European Command will allow Allen to remain deeply involved in Afghanistan policy and work with NATO allies who have maintained a presence in the country despite the war’s growing unpopularity in Europe.
Defense officials cautioned that the plan could change if conditions in Afghanistan shift.
“No final decisions have been made regarding a follow-on assignment for Gen. Allen or the future of European Command,” said Capt. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman.
If the White House nominates Allen, the general will have to be confirmed by the Senate....
The other day, President Hamad Karzai criticized the USA mission in Afghanistan for involving civilians in an attack against those killing our troops. We know for a fact al Qaeda and the Taliban strategically use Pakistani military units on the border and civilians as human shields. That is not the problem of the USA, that is the problem of the Afghan people. They allow the Taliban to continue to victimize them. Do we allow our soldiers to be killed because Afghan people cannot reject the infiltration of the Taliban? Absolutely not. I am unapologetic for the deaths of Pakistani military or the Afghan civilians knowing they are willing to be victims to those seeking to kill the USA military intent on establishing stability in the region.
Do they actually hate us because they hate us? No. They hate not just us but those they victimize as well. The Taliban and al Qaeda have no reverence for life of soldiers or civilians, yet we are suppose to be careful according to Karzai. I don't think so. The USA military knows exactly what they are doing. These are not errors, they are removing dangerous criminals from the country and saving USA lives in the balance.
Do they hate us because they hate us?
No.
However, they might hate us because we are undefeatable.
