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US Closing Embassies in Mideast for a Day amid Possible Qaeda Threat.....

Well you are an ace at passive aggressive online. The stand before you line is classic internet BS.

I did read the testimony. the 'secure the warehouses bit was the question. You claimed she did that, in actuality she said weapons from Libya had already left the country and been used in other terrorist attacks. that in NO way means she ran the CIA side of the Op as the CIA doesn't report to State. the most interesting thing about this is who in State actually worked on the project? What was State's side of this and what was the CIAs?

As far as anyone has said only two people from State were present in Benghazi on 9-11, the Ambassador and an IT Technican.

Sounds to me like State sent up an empty storefront for the CIA to operate as 'State' employees- which Dougherty claimed he was in an interview before his death.

The State dept didn't run the weapons search but rather lent a cover for the CIA to do so.


Well, truthfully I am me wherever I go so that part about the internet is another one of your assumptions. Which we already know your record with those.

No if you would have read the testimony you wouldn't be in here now trying to state Hillary would no way run the CIA side of an OP. Which no one ever said Hillary was running the CIA side of an Op. Thats just you changing the tangent again. Looking to go off into some other angle now.

Actually the only interesting thing was you saying you read Clintons Testimony and still can't figure out that part where she said it was the State Dept who set up the mission to go after Gadhafi's weapons. That the effort was based out of Benghazi and continued up until Sept 11 2012.

Course then we did have the Libyans who reported 3 days ahead of the attack that it was to dangerous to conduct Business in Benghazi. Another of those warnings you say didn't exist. :roll:
 
That sounds like a coward Obamy move...

Heya Nick :2wave: .....Well on one hand we do have to try and look out for our people. But then again.....I agree with Dianna. Its kind of like jumping the gun. Which now whats to stop al-Qaeda from changing the date?
 
This Sunday is Obama's Birthday.....The US is being Threatened that our Embassies in the ME, will be hit. This is all we are being told at this time. Other than it may go beyond this Sunday. Thoughts upon the matter?



The United States is closing all of its embassies Sunday in the Middle East and parts of Asia because of a possible al-Qaeda-related threat to diplomatic posts worldwide, American officials told NBC News on Thursday.

The U.S. has been "apprised of information that out of an abundance of caution and care for our employees and others who may be visiting our installations, that indicates we should institute these precautionary steps," said State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf.

A senior State Department official told NBC News that all embassies that are usually open in Sundays — primarily those in Muslim countries and Israel — would be closed Aug. 4 "out of an abundance of caution." Sunday is a normal workday in those countries.

Sunday is President Barack Obama's 52nd birthday, and it's also the day Iran inaugurates Hassan Rowhani as its new president. But U.S. officials told NBC News they had heard nothing to indicate that the date was chosen for either of those reasons.....snip~

US closing embassies in Mideast for a day amid possible Qaeda threat

Sounds like another attempt to get more weak-minded dolts to join the NSA fan club.
 
Heya Nick :2wave: .....Well on one hand we do have to try and look out for our people. But then again.....I agree with Dianna. Its kind of like jumping the gun. Which now whats to stop al-Qaeda from changing the date?

Heeeeyaaa..

I'm really not concerned with the feelings of those who want to destroy the United States because they just don't agree with the notion that homosexuals and woman are free or that individuals are free to worship any god or in any which manner they choose...
 


I'm more than confused, a possible Al Qaeda threat ?

For almost a year back in 2012 Barack Obama ran for reelection on a platform telling Americans that he killed Osama bin Laden, that "Al Qaeda was on the run" and that "Al Qaeda was being decimated."

Some of Obama's minions went as far as saying that Obama has defeated Al Qaeda. Of course this was before that Youtube video that got four Americans killed in Benghazi.
 
Heeeeyaaa..

I'm really not concerned with the feelings of those who want to destroy the United States because they just don't agree with the notion that homosexuals and woman are free or that individuals are free to worship any god or in any which manner they choose...

Yeah I wouldn't be with AQ either.....nor any of their Sunni Clerics either. Course those that our are alleged allies in the ME. I would have made clear that they had best be on point.
 
I'm more than confused, a possible Al Qaeda threat ?

For almost a year back in 2012 Barack Obama ran for reelection on a platform telling Americans that he killed Osama bin Laden, that "Al Qaeda was on the run" and that "Al Qaeda was being decimated."

Some of Obama's minions went as far as saying that Obama has defeated Al Qaeda. Of course this was before that Youtube video that got four Americans killed in Benghazi.

Heya Apache. :2wave: Yep.....that's what they are saying. Al Qaeda, guess they picked up the chatter.

Well don't forget Right before the attack al Zawahari released a video telling the Libyans to Honor al-libi too.
 
I'm starting to think the whole thing was a CIA operation to begin with. Nobody has been able to explain why the ambassador was in Benghazi in the first place, particularly without taking adequate security. It explains the lack of answers and explains the stand down order (if it exists). Why else would 69 CIA agents be there?

Scuttlebuitt that has been floating around in the special ops community is, remember Operation Fast and Furious ? Where the Obama administration gut into the gun running business by supplying the Mexican drug cartels with guns ?

Think of a Arab style Operation Fast and Furious where the Obama administration gets back into the gun running business by smuggling weapons from Libya to Turkey and from there they are delivered to the Syrian rebels. Then the Obama administration discovers that some of these Syrian rebels who are getting these Arab Fast and Furious weapons are actually Al Qaeda.

It's just scuttlebutt but it's been floating around for almost eight months now.

There's also former Omar Gaddafi's stockpile of shoulder fired surface to air missiles that may have been part of Obama's Arab Fast and Furious weapons shipment. May explain why all of those CIA operatives who were on the ground in Libya on 9-11-12 are now required to take weekly lie detector test.

If an American flagged commercial airliner were to ever be shot down by Al Qaeda with a shoulder fired surface to air missile, (especially one that could be traced back to Libya) the Obama administration better be quick posting a video on Youtube.
 
Heya Apache. :2wave: Yep.....that's what they are saying. Al Qaeda, guess they picked up the chatter.

Well don't forget Right before the attack al Zawahari released a video telling the Libyans to Honor al-libi too.

So Obama lied, Al Qaeda isn't "on the run and being decimated."
Al Qaeda is still a threat and hasn't been defeated.

At least I don't feel like one of the uninformed who drank the kool-aid and believed Obama back in 2012.

But closing the Embassy in Israel ??? Kinda of a slap in the face to the Israelis.
 
So Obama lied, Al Qaeda isn't "on the run and being decimated."
Al Qaeda is still a threat and hasn't been defeated.

At least I don't feel like one of the uninformed who drank the kool-aid and believed Obama back in 2012.

But closing the Embassy in Israel ??? Kinda of a slap in the face to the Israelis.


Yeah, I didn't get that one and not with what we have over there. Plus not with the Israelis being on alert.

As to AQ one can see they are still around.....as well as that they have morphed into the Hydra. Now all these Sharia al Ansar groups that have sprung up from Yemen all the way to Libya. Seems to put that into perspective.
 
Yeah, I didn't get that one and not with what we have over there. Plus not with the Israelis being on alert.

As to AQ one can see they are still around.....as well as that they have morphed into the Hydra. Now all these Sharia al Ansar groups that have sprung up from Yemen all the way to Libya. Seems to put that into perspective.

Well if nothing happens, no American embassies attacked or American flagged aircraft being shot down you can probably expect Jay Carney at the White House crediting the NSA.

Pressure cooker
I just threw that in to screw with the NSA. I'm sure they picked up on that within a minute after I made this post.
 
Well if nothing happens, no American embassies attacked or American flagged aircraft being shot down you can probably expect Jay Carney at the White House crediting the NSA.

Pressure cooker
I just threw that in to screw with the NSA. I'm sure they picked up on that within a minute after I made this post.



Another thing is.....I haven't heard the UK or France closing any of theirs. Nor any others for this Sunday.
 
Your on to something.

Could be just another Obama phony scandal in the works.

"Phony scandal"?
That's a double oxymoron, because all scandals are phony and nothing phony can be scandalous.
 
Well.....I think if Israel has word that there will be attacks. I think they will be on point.

What I find interesting is how the left thinks somehow this is Obama's fault for closing up the Embassies and doing what Kerry and Others want with the State Dept.

Funny no one was blaming him for closing up the Embassy in Egypt this last month with what has been going on there with the MB. I think they have had a few days where they closed down our Embassy.

Did you hear any others from the Right complaining he was closing up these Embassies over warnings thru al-Qaeda of an imminent attack?

I'm just having a little fun, teasing about the "Obama's birthday" part of the story.
 
On Benghazi:

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As for the new shut-downs, Obama just can't win. When he doesn't do anything he gets grilled. When he does something he gets grilled. Seems sensible.

Not to belittle the statistics you've provided here because any loss of life is bad, but how many of those 60 dead from embassy/consulate attacks during Bush's terms in office were Americans, American diplomats, Ambassadors? I think you'll find that the vast majority, if not all, of those killed were nationals of the country in which they were killed.

That's the difference between your list and Benghazi.
 
"Phony scandal"?
That's a double oxymoron, because all scandals are phony and nothing phony can be scandalous.
Only the truth can be scandalous, then? Oh, so that's why we have such a hard time getting it. 'Splains everything.
 
I'm just having a little fun, teasing about the "Obama's birthday" part of the story.

Yeah.....I know. As I didn't see to many knocking him over this. But now we have an issued a Global Travel Warning Until the End of August. It was fast and this Warning is now put up one day after they said they would close these Embassies. Plus they are now saying they think it is AQ based out of Yemen that they received the chatter off of. That they are the Most dangerous of all of AQ today. So they are warning Americans this is significant. According to General Dempsey this time they are saying Western Interests and not just American. Yet I have seen no warning put out by any other Western Countries.

Global travel warning: US cites al-Qaida threat.....

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The United States issued an extraordinary global travel warning to Americans Friday about the threat of an al-Qaida attack and closed down 21 embassies and consulates across the Muslim world for the weekend.

The alert was the first of its kind since an announcement preceding the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This one comes with the scars still fresh from last year's deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and with the Obama administration and Congress determined to prevent any similar breach of an American Embassy or consulate.

"There is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it," said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He told ABC News in an interview to be aired Sunday that the threat was "more specific" than previous ones and the "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests."

The State Department warning urged American travelers to take extra precautions overseas, citing potential dangers involved with public transportation systems and other prime sites for tourists and noting that previous terrorist attacks have centered on subway and rail networks as well as airplanes and boats. It suggested travelers sign up for State Department alerts and register with U.S. consulates in the countries they visit.

The statement said that al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests. The alert expires on Aug. 31.

The State Department said the potential for terrorism was particularly acute in the Middle East and North Africa, with a possible attack occurring on or coming from the Arabian Peninsula.....snip~

Global travel warning: US cites al-Qaida threat

Check that.....Britain is closing its Embassy in Yemen. Sunday and Monday.
 
Your on to something.

Could be just another Obama phony scandal in the works.

Not this time.....they have picked up the Chatter in Yemen and Also AQAP. That's the Saudis again. AQ in the Arabian Peninsula.
 
Another thing is.....I haven't heard the UK or France closing any of theirs. Nor any others for this Sunday.

The UK is closing it's embassies for 2 days..but have not issued a global traveller's warning...
 
The UK is closing it's embassies for 2 days..but have not issued a global traveller's warning...

Morning Wolfie.
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Yeah I got it up with the new piece on the Global Travel Ban for the Month of August. For the US.

Still they are saying Western Interests.....one thing is for certain. AQ now knows, we know.
 
Morning Wolfie.
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Yeah I got it up with the new piece on the Global Travel Ban for the Month of August. For the US.

Still they are saying Western Interests.....one thing is for certain. AQ now knows, we know.

Hi Sweetie..:hm

Frankly I think it has been too publicised for any such terrorist act to take place..

Jeez..I'm glad I'm not flying anywhere this week-end..we are virtually stripped naked at the border control as it is..

Strangely enough..you can walk into the UK without any such rigmarole..

Airline made me strip out of my shorts at the check-in desk because staff thought they were too revealing, says law student, 18 | Mail Online
 
Are you trying to say that these men and women who risk their lives for the nation in very risky covert operations are so easily bought off if there was real wrong doing?

Seriously???? :(

Even Case Officers have careers and families to take care of. :shrug: I know I've asked myself what I would do in that situation, and not been able to fully satisfy myself with an answer, suggesting that perhaps that is the sort of thing that you have to have Been There to understand.
 
Not to belittle the statistics you've provided here because any loss of life is bad, but how many of those 60 dead from embassy/consulate attacks during Bush's terms in office were Americans, American diplomats, Ambassadors? I think you'll find that the vast majority, if not all, of those killed were nationals of the country in which they were killed.

That's the difference between your list and Benghazi.

Fair enough, after looking more deeply into each attack you are correct on most. The 2006 killing in Karachi did in fact involve an ambassador and his driver though. Making it essentially the same thing as Benghazi.
 
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