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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
The government tells the world it had significant information that warranted the closing of 19+ embassies over the past weekend.
Some reporter needs to ask what significant information they have today that warranted the opening of 18 of those embassies ? (The 19th is staying closed due to yet another threat.)
The end of Ramadan was cited as one part of their evaluations. Was just the end of Ramadan sufficient to believe that the terrorists would have to cancel their intentions on 18 of these embassies ?
Methinks "Snowden October Surprise" better describes the situation,
or was it a "Tail Wagging the Dog"
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There may be multiple intentions but the official reasoning usually (but not always) makes more sense than conspiracy theories. We intercepted a teleconference of top-ranking Al Qaeda members discussing an attack within a certain time frame. After Benghazi, Obama does not want to risk losing lives overseas when they could be prevented. The Right would crush him for it. Therefore, due to the non-specific nature of the threat, Obama (over)reacted with a non-specific closure of 18 embassies for those span of days.
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Originally Posted by Griff
We do need to turn down our overseas operations. Our government is fully corrupted and we have to figure out how to reclaim it. Our fascist foreign policy is a big part of the problem, but Mussolini's influence goes far beyond that... If you are what you eat of late we've eaten fascists, communists, religious nutters, drug cartels, terrorists... We're all those things and more.
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We are not fascist. Foreign policy is always more pragmatic than domestic policy, meaning that national interests come before morals and ethics. There are definitely areas that can be improved - I do agree with scaling back our oversea presence - but shutting down our entire overseas operation would result in a massive backlash. Vacuums of power never end well. Just look at the Middle East.