reply to post by NavyDoc
One can only hope so. When you present a weak side, the bad-guys will push the envelope. Notice that this sort of thing did not happen to
our embassies during the previous administration.
Way to rewrite history!
Guess you forgot all about the
Beirut Marine Barracks bombing during Reagan's
administration - killed over 240 Marines, and nearly 60 French soldiers. Not to mention the
1983 - Bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, 49 dead, 120 injured. You
still want to claim "this didn't happen during previous administrations?
During Reagan's years alone we had:
1983 - Bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut
1983 - Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait
1983 - Bombing of Marine Barracks in Beirut
1983 - CIA Station Chief William Buckley kidnapped
1984 - Bombing of U.S. Embassy annex northeast of Beirut
1984 - Hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 221
1985 - Hijacking of TWA Flight 847
1986 - Hijacking of cruise ship Achille Lauro;
1996 - Bombing of Rome, Vienna airports
1986 - Bombing of La Belle Discotheque (by Gaddafi/Libya)
1987 - Car Bomb Exploded Outside U.S. Embassy In Italy
1988 - Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (260 dead, by Gaddafi/Libya)
George H.W. Bush:
1990 - Palestinian Guerrillas Attempted To Attack U.S. Embassy In Tel Aviv
Clinton:
1998 - Terrorist Bombs Near U.S. Embassies In Kenya, Tanzania (killed 60, 8 Americans)
George W. Bush:
2002 - U.S. Consulate In Karachi, Pakistan, Attacked; 10 Killed, 51 Injured
2004 - U.S. Embassy Bombed In Uzbekistan
2004 - Gunmen Stormed U.S. Consulate In Saudi Arabia
2006 - Armed Men Attacked U.S. Embassy In Syria
2007 - Grenade Launched Into U.S. Embassy In Athens
2008 - Rioters Set Fire To U.S. Embassy In Serbia
2008 - Ten People Killed In Bombings At U.S. Embassy In Yemen
Claiming this "never happened" before, thus "blame Obama" is the height of ignorance. I see this in the right-wing media circus (particularly
Charles Krauthammer) trying to whitewash the history of previous administrations so they can vilify Obama, with claims like "Bush never had a
terrorist attack since the start of the Afghanistan invasion". WHAT? The Pakistan consulate attack alone was more deadly than the recent Libya
consulate attack.
What is concerning is that the very people who are orchestrating these attacks are the very same people we supported with airstrikes and
money--1.5 Billion in Lybia. It shows the lack of gratitude on the part of those we helped out Quadaffi and a lack of judgement on the part of the
administration.
They are different factions at work there. The jihad group blamed in this attack is not in support of the Libyan government, and the "Muslim
Brotherhood" is the small minority.