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2018-11-29 Home Front: WoT

Blundering American Ambassadors Unmask the War on Terror

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Posted by Thraitle Glaiger5217 2018-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 State Department are traitorous scum from elite universities...tell me something I don't know.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-11-29 02:28|| 2018-11-29 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 America’s “War on Terror” has largely morphed into a cover for the State Department’s and some American lobbies’ geopolitical agendas — such as deposing Syrian President al-Assad.

Yes, a blinding flash. 'Regime change' I believe it's called. Foggy Bottom... and the usual suspects of course. I guess bringing this up would only be slightly redundant:

John Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 11, 2012) was an American career diplomat and lawyer who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya from May 22, 2012 to September 11, 2012. Stevens was killed when the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked by militants on September 11–12, 2012.
J. Christopher Stevens - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Christopher_Stevens

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-29 02:47|| 2018-11-29 02:47|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-11-29 05:40|| 2018-11-29 05:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey wasn't there some stuff in the MSM being outraged at Russia meddling in Montenegro, whereas the lightbringer's state department seem to be meddling in other countries rather more, with rather worse outcomes.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-11-29 05:42|| 2018-11-29 05:42|| Front Page Top

Absieling down the memory hole:

The other Khashoggi - WHO WAS DODI?
Dodi was the eldest of former Harrods owner and billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed’s five children. Mohamed was, and is, a well-known, colorful, and controversial figure in the UK. With an estimated net worth of $1.87 billion, Mohamed was the owner of the famous luxury department store Harrods in London, Fulham football club, and the Ritz hotel in Paris,the last place Diana and Dodi were before they embarked on that fatal drive.

Dodi's mother, Samira Khashoggi, was Mohamed's first wife. Her father had been the personal physician to Saudi Arabia's Kind Abdul Aziz and her brother was Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
Linkie

Gun running, it really is a nasty business. An interesting Rantburg topical category ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-29 06:59|| 2018-11-29 06:59|| Front Page Top

#6 whereas the lightbringer's state department seem to be meddling in other countries rather more, with rather worse outcomes.

....that's different because....shut up (to paraphrase the Instapundit's portrayal of the Left).

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-29 07:01|| 2018-11-29 07:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Any relation?

Fayed buying Harrods was always a bit murky...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-11-29 09:57|| 2018-11-29 09:57|| Front Page Top

#8 traitorous scum from elite universities

In his book "Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder", Nassim Taleb refers to this crowd as the "Soviet-Harvard" complex. Hint: He is not a fan.

Posted by SteveS 2018-11-29 10:43|| 2018-11-29 10:43|| Front Page Top

Ref #7, speaking of 'gun running' and "murky" Here's a local Aldershot character that'll likely warm your cockles BP.
Wiki Link

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-29 14:04|| 2018-11-29 14:04|| Front Page Top

#10 >In 2005, following the award of this contract, five United States Senators – Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd and John Kerry – wrote a joint letter[20] calling on Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld to investigate the granting of the Aegis contract

I could find no greater accolade though...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-11-29 14:18|| 2018-11-29 14:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Former Congressman Mike Rogers' wife Kristie was the CEO of the US Aegis branch. That might help explain the no-bid Foggy Bottom Benghazi contract and BMS award. Both Mike and Kristie have since.... retired from public life. I believe they moved on shortly after the 2012 Benghazi unpleasantness.

BTW, Blue Mountain Security has moved it's HQ to a.... more rural setting. No more convenient Vauxhall commutes

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-29 14:25|| 2018-11-29 14:25|| Front Page Top

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