Posted on 09/12/2012 5:56:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
Don't forget Jimmy Carter's plans for the hostage rescue in our Iranian embassy.
Well the State Department issued this warning on August 27, 2012!! Didn’t Obama and his Administration get the Memo??
Travel Warning
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August 27, 2012
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all but essential travel to Libya. The incidence of violent crime, especially carjacking and robbery, has become a serious problem. In addition, political violence in the form of assassinations and vehicle bombs has increased in both Benghazi and Tripoli. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning dated September 22, 2011, and notes the resumption of full consular services to U.S. citizens on August 27, 2012.
Libyans cast ballots on July 7 in elections deemed to be free and fair according to election observers. Libya’s General National Congress replaced the Transitional National Council in August 2012 and will lead the country until elections are held on the basis of a new constitution. Despite this progress, violent crime continues to be a problem in Tripoli, Benghazi, and other parts of the country. In particular, armed carjacking and robbery are on the rise. In addition, political violence, including car bombings in Tripoli and assassinations of military officers and alleged former regime officials in Benghazi, has increased. Inter-militia conflict can erupt at any time or any place in the country. Seven Iranian Red Crescent officials were kidnapped July 31 in Benghazi by local militia members, and as of the date of this warning, they have not been released. There have also been several reports of militias briefly apprehending and detaining foreigners due to perceived or actual violations of Libyan law. The Embassy’s ability to intervene in such cases remains limited, as these groups are neither sanctioned nor controlled by the Libyan government.
U.S. Embassy Tripoli resumed full consular services for U.S. citizens in Libya on August 27, 2012.
U.S. citizens traveling to, or remaining in, Libya should use extreme caution and limit nonessential travel within the country, make their own contingency emergency plans, enroll their presence in Libya through the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), and provide their current contact information and next-of-kin or emergency contact information.
The Embassy’s website, includes consular information and the most recent messages for U.S. citizens in Libya. U.S. citizens in need of emergency assistance should call 091-220-5203 within Libya or 218-91-220-5203 if dialing from outside of Libya.
For information on “What the Department of State Can and Can’t Do in a Crisis,” please visit the Bureau of Consular Affairs’ Emergencies and Crisis link. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
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The personal assistant to Secretary of State is a Muslim Terrorist !
This is going to blow. Nothing the MSM can do.
The US Ambassador was MIA and the President of the United States sent 8 US Marines to his rescue and then hit the sack.
Once the American people get these facts it will finally show without a doubt the kenyan has no clothes. He is done.
So of course, they try to divert attention from their incompetency, by trying to accuse Romney of “jumping the gun” by commenting on the events.
Only the most hardcore Obamabots are going to buy it.
I disagree, strongly. Obama will order a cruise missile to be fired at an empty Libyan desert location. The MSM will hail the move as decisive leadership. The clip of the cruise missile being fired will played every night on the MSM for a week.
End result: net plus for Obama. Sickening.
Obviously, you can’t be too stupid or incompetent to hold a cabinet post or other high ranking position of responsibility with the Food Stamp President’s administration.
“He wasn’t Muslim Brotherhood. Our current government is riddled with them.”
“The personal assistant to Secretary of State is a Muslim Terrorist !”
Wahid Hamid, obamas pakistani ally at occidental college, is a board member of the business state department.
http://dbb.defense.gov/board_members/wahid_hamid.shtml
I think he also chairs the board of a Pakistani Foundation set up by Hillary a couple of years ago. Pepsi is an arm of the UN and this administration - even the logos are almost identical but that’s by the way.
With the rules of engagement our military have been handcuffed with, I hope they weren't there. They would have been set up for massacre if they followed orders I am afraid.
Assad is not our friend either, neither was Gaddafi, but they are/were the devils we know and devils that could be contained better than the multitude of jihadi devils we have now.
Assad should stay, keep killing jihadis and be too busy to worry about israel etc.
The jihadis will focus on getting rid of the secular dictators and vice-versa
instead Bush I got us into this mess.
I agree.
I;m betting the old Marine hot line is buzzing tonight over the events of the last few days in the middle east,
Ping
I don’t get why he was dethroned given the apparent cooperation with the West....To install Obama’s beloved Muslim Brotherhood, who was outlawed by Kaddaffy.
You know, I read that warning and I couldn’t help thinking that the State Department could issue a similar warning about travelling Chicago.
Not only did Clinton not allow tanks in Mogadishu, he didn’t let the AC130s work either....it was all Little Birds and Blackhawks overhead.....but the 160th guys in the Little Birds killed a pile of skinnies.
Assad is not our friend either, neither was Gaddafi, but they are/were the devils we know...Obama is not our friend either, but he is the devil that we know...
Assad is the better bet for Syria rather than the Jihadis
If the "rebels" win they will initiate a slaughter of the 10 to 20% of Syria that are Christians and they will renew direct hostilities with Israel
An Assad who is occupied stamping out jihadi fires is far, far better than a jihadi government like in Egypt.
Clinton claimed that Libya and Egypt would become western style democracies. She even made the comical assertion that the Muslim Brotherhood was "committed to democracy." Now Clinton's "democracy activists" are murdering Christians in the streets of Egypt, burning American flags, and calling for holy war against Israel. Clinton seems hellbent on bringing the same chaos to Syria as well.I stand by my statement that Assad is the lesser evil for Israel, Syrian Christians and America compared to the alternative (the jihadi, Al-Qaeda backed "rebels")
Clinton stated that Stevens killers were well armed and probably connected to Al-Qaeda. She neglects to mention that the Obama administration armed and supported hard-core Jihadists in Libya. Some of whom openly bragged about ties to Al-Qaeda. Hillary Clinton acts like she is surprised that such a reckless policy has blown up in her face.
Far better for the Russians.
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