Look, we need to leave the Middle East and North Africa to itself and bring our troops home, they've been there long enough! If oil interests want to remain in the region, they can hire their own private army rather than profit on taxpayer dollars. We need to secure our southern boarders from drug gangs, gun-runners and other illegal activities. We are not wanted there and our reasons for being there have been murky for some time! By bringing our troops home, and by ceasing to give monetary aid to the Middle East and North Africa from taxpayer funds the money can be used to help pull us back from the fiscal cliff! Aside from dealing with the fiscal cliff the funds saved can be used to develop and mainstream alternative energy and its jobs in North America. We only have a hundred years left of fossil fuels, we are dealing with climate change and drought which looks to continue throughout this year as well - if we keep throwing money into an empty well in the Middle East and North Africa in vain, we will find it harder to climb out of it!
Both Sec(s) Clinton and Panetta made remarks "...that they want to assure the American people that we are going to do all that we can do..." It's Pres Obama that needs to assure the American people that "...we will do all that we can do..." Where is he?
Oh for Goodness Sakes!! Yo can always tell an Obama hater: lack of understanding of history or context.
First, the hostage crisis in Algeria is a direct response to what happened recently in Mali with the French. Do you know what happened and why the French felt they needed to go in? DO you know that the Islamic went into Mali and it pissed off the French?
Secondly, the Islamists in Algeria are partly from Mali and also from Libya along with the guns from that country.
Thirdly, BP should have had better security and protection for its employees...I mean, come on there has been a violent history between the Algerian government and Islamists rebels for nearly two decades!!! DUH!!!
Panetta (Obama may have softly said they should not do this) says anyone who looks to attack the U.S. will have no place to hide! Great! This should make us all feel good and strike terror in our enemies. Does this pertain to those who have now captured U.S. citizens? The capturers have not tried to hide, is this a requirement? Who cares. We will encourage those who try to rescue them. What we are good at is sending drones to do the work for us but in this case drones may be unable to safely accomplish the task. Even if they were we might free others than Americans and leave the Americans behind. We would only be interested in rescuing American citizens if we were interested.
The sooner those idiots in Paris and Washington realize that this is real life and not another John Wayne movie, the better. We need to negotiate our way out of this instead of trying to play the heroes. We need to encourage the French to simply withdraw from Mali and let those people decide their own future!
The arrogance of the current Americans and europeans are what started the arab spring! The thought of democracy without basic freedoms is what brought europe down multiple times and isn't working in North Africa either! These countries have better peace with dictators.
The lure of making large sums of money draw people to dangerous places. If my job required me to travel anywhere in the middle east I would be looking for another job. My safety is worth more to me than any amount of money that I could make.
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Now what? They want the "Blind Sheik". Why should we give up the first WTC bomber.
First, the hostage crisis in Algeria is a direct response to what happened recently in Mali with the French. Do you know what happened and why the French felt they needed to go in? DO you know that the Islamic went into Mali and it pissed off the French?
Secondly, the Islamists in Algeria are partly from Mali and also from Libya along with the guns from that country.
Thirdly, BP should have had better security and protection for its employees...I mean, come on there has been a violent history between the Algerian government and Islamists rebels for nearly two decades!!! DUH!!!
Too bad the majority has no intention of respecting others right to freedom!