Look, I am not prone to \u201cgoing off the deep end\u201d. \u00a0I am passionate, though. \u00a0enough that people tend to think of me as a bit of a \u201creactionary\u201d. \u00a0Let me settle that for you, m\u2019kay…I am not. \u00a0I comment on things after the fact, true enough, but I \u201csee it coming a mile away\u201d a hefty percentage of the time. \u00a0I often wonder why so many of us do and it so much more often doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know Chris Stevens. \u00a0I knew \u201cof\u201d him, though. \u00a0Most people with any sense of foreign policy did. \u00a0He, representing us, by the way, gave…YES GAVE…his life in a steadfast effort to bring peace to a region that hasn\u2019t seen any in some time. \u00a0Yes, it was \u201cpeaceful\u201d there a while back, but THAT kind of peace is a false one. \u00a0Our diplomatic corps is overlooked as a tool \/ weapon \/ mechanism of peace. \u00a0These Americans are fighting for peace and democracy every bit as hard as any G.I. out in a firebase. \u00a0More so, perhaps, as they have to do it in civilian clothes and unarmed. \u00a0With a handshake instead of a hand grenade, so to speak.<\/p>\n
Please, reader, do not think of this short essay as a eulogy for Ambassador Stevens and all of those killed or injured. \u00a0Those more gifted than I have that privilege and honor. \u00a0Look at it more as my own way of \u201cgoing off the deep end\u201d. \u00a0Our embassies and consulates are, by international law, small pieces of United States of America. \u00a0The are OUR sovereign soil to an extent that matches such places as Guam, Puerto Rico and Diego Garcia. \u00a0We honor that same law for all other nations with embassies and consulate here in America. \u00a0Sometimes just a little too well. \u00a0Think of all the money the City of New York would have, (not to mention the parking spots!), if they were allowed to collect against cars with diplomatic licence plates. \u00a0And that is only one silly little example.<\/p>\n
Diplomacy and billions of dollars, (to fairly RICH nations, I might add!), haven\u2019t, don\u2019t and WON\u2019T work. \u00a0This week\u2019s debacles were reportedly incited by a motion picture that \u201cthey\u201d didn\u2019t \u201clike\u201d. \u00a0Maybe, just maybe…our diplomatic corps should start sponsoring public showings of motion pictures such as \u201cThe Manhattan Project\u201d or \u201cEnola Gay\u201d. \u00a0Maybe a few \u201cMovietone Newsreels from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. \u00a0Oh, and a few of Discovery Network\u2019s shows that depict the latest technology in devastation delivery.<\/p>\n
Maybe Reb Netanyahu should be listened to instead of insulted an snubbed. \u00a0What do YOU think?<\/p>\n
Comment, as you see fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Look, I am not prone to \u201cgoing off the deep end\u201d. \u00a0I am passionate, though. \u00a0enough that people tend to think of me as a bit of a \u201creactionary\u201d. \u00a0Let me settle that for you, m\u2019kay…I am not. \u00a0I comment on things after the fact, true enough, but I \u201csee it coming a mile away\u201d<\/p>\n