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2008-03-18 Arabia

U.S. Embassy in Yemen closes after blast

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Posted by ed 2008-03-18 09:37|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Time to rethink even having an embassy in Yemen. It's not as if they are real friends. If I remember correctly they seem to have problems keeping terrorists in custody and all that.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-03-18 15:56|| 2008-03-18 15:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Keep the embassies, but let's also start keeping a tote board on violence in these places and cut any $ we're sending their way accordingly. Let's set a price list: -$1 million for any bomb blast near our embassy, -$10 million for even a scratch on an American diplomatic person or dependent. Cumulative...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-03-18 17:44|| 2008-03-18 17:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Close embassies and thus any chance of visa's and visits to the US as well as a natural limitation on trade that would follow. It's an easier, speak softly, way of pressuring nations that just don't want to be friendly or help out against enemies in their midst.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-03-18 20:28|| 2008-03-18 20:28|| Front Page Top

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