Marines repel attack on U.S. embassy. Well, that answers that question.
The United States on Monday formally protested an attack on the U.S. embassy and the American ambassador’s residence in Syria and said it will seek compensation for damage caused when a mob of what it described as about 300 “thugs” breached the wall of the embassy compound before being dispersed by Marine guards.
The State Department condemned the assaults and said it planned to summon a senior Syrian diplomat to register its complaints in person. Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland demanded that Syria uphold international treaty obligations to protect foreign diplomatic missions. She said the Syrian government failed to provide adequate protection for the facilities.
“We consider that the Syrian government has not lived up to its obligations ... to protect diplomatic facilities and it is absolutely outrageous,” she told reporters.
She said the mob had not breached the chancery building but had gotten onto its roof, spray painted graffiti, and broke windows and some security cameras. In addition, she said protesters lobbed fruits and vegetables at the compound.
Nuland said that Syrian security forces who are supposed to guard the mission were slow to respond to the attack by supporters of President Bashar Assad, which she said was incited by a television station that is heavily influenced by Syrian authorities.
There were no injuries reported to embassy personnel, who are all accounted for, officials said....
So, if you renounce your nuclear arms program, renounce terrorism, don't threaten the United States in any, but
might murder your own citizens, we'll bomb you.
On the other hand, if you actively support terrorist killing American in Iraq,
actually murder your own citizens, and attack the U.S. embassy, we'll register a complaint with one of your senior diplomats.
Obviously, more of that "smart diplomacy." :rolleyes:
Onward and upward,
airforce
