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Obama wants Diplomats to survive because they're not Soldiers
FirstPost.com ^ | 12/13/11 | BO

Posted on 12/14/2011 6:14:51 AM PST by Past Your Eyes

President Obama plans to maintain a significant number of employees in the US embassy in Baghdad in order to protect US diplomats who could be targeted after the US military departs from Iraq. The President elaborated further on this issue during a joint press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday_ "With respect to the embassy, the actual size of our embassy with respect to diplomats..., there are still some special security needs inside of Iraq

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: diplomat; embassy; iraq

1 posted on 12/14/2011 6:14:56 AM PST by Past Your Eyes
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To: Past Your Eyes

Maybe this is his contingent plan to ensure nobody, who could testify to any number of scandals, is available.


2 posted on 12/14/2011 6:18:36 AM PST by Jonty30 (If a person won't learn under the best of times, then he must learn under the worst of times.)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Any reason not to post the whole thing here?


3 posted on 12/14/2011 6:24:00 AM PST by OKSooner (Today's new tagline. Tomorrow's new tagline pending.)
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To: Jonty30

Right Obama!!!/sarc...They’re soldiers in civilian clothes!!


4 posted on 12/14/2011 6:24:08 AM PST by orinoco
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To: Past Your Eyes
I hope they have enough helicopters to evacuate them when Iranian tanks roll into Baghdad next year or Obama like his mentor, Jimmy Carter, may have another hostage situation.
5 posted on 12/14/2011 6:36:51 AM PST by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that pretty soon you run out of other people's money" M. Thatcher)
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To: The Great RJ

Need that pic of the Huey lifting US citizens and dependents off the Saigon embassy roof! Somebody in the Obama administration recognizes the likely outcome of the departure of US troops, but the weak response indicates that the recognition comes at a relatively low-level.


6 posted on 12/14/2011 6:43:01 AM PST by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: OKSooner

Excellent question!


7 posted on 12/14/2011 6:47:54 AM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Talk about a picture being worth a thousand words...


8 posted on 12/14/2011 7:20:14 AM PST by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: orinoco

Whether they’re called “employees” or “troops,” they’re all sitting ducks.


9 posted on 12/14/2011 8:52:56 PM PST by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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