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Old 09-12-2012, 03:48 AM  
Bill8
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They were escaping from the embassy - and it does seem to have been THE ambassador to libya.

We always knew the islamist rightwing was going to try to cause unrest, after the strongmen were killed.

It's a very interesting political puzzle - but we are at a huge disadvantage in the middle east now, what with democracy. All of our pocket dictators are getting rubbed out - so the military solution we used to have - get the local warlord to kill a few hundred, and throw a few thousand into the torture chambers - isn't an option any more.

The colonels are wargaming like hell this morning, and the generals are scrambling to cya over the intelligence failure.
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