The Washington Post is reporting that: "The State Department extended the closure through Saturday for
19 embassies, consulates and smaller posts “out of an abundance of
caution,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a written statement Sunday.
Several other posts, including embassies in Kabul and Baghdad, will
reopen Monday." One has to wonder if this isn't really just a manufactured high visibility publicity stunt along the lines of "Wag the Dog". After all, the growing scandals of the Obama administration "force" Obama to come-up with diversions, distractions, and distortions to get the public's mind off the scandals.
Closing the diplomatic facilities overtly means that the terrorists have won another round. Instead of taking an offensive action of some type, the US is assuming a bunker mentality. Hardly an appropriate course of action for a supposed superpower.
Closing the diplomatic facilities is a false solution. The US media is broadcasting these closures to the world. As one pundit expressed, the terrorists simply wait till they open again.
Many pundits, when Snowden absconded with NSA secrets, claimed that he had done irreparable harm since the terrorists would now know how to circumvent NSA technologies. If that is the case, how would we know of the supposed chatter? Not to mention, that the terrorists may have simply planted fake chatter knowing that the NSA was listening in and would mindlessly spread FUD.
Getting back to Snowden, if his leaks were so damaging, why is the administration itself leaking information? It is my understanding, that the leaking of classified information by the Obama administration resulted in a Pakistani doctor (Shakeel Afridi) going to jail. Which of course raises the issue, will the disclosure of this information result in some US intelligence assets being compromised?
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