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Monday, August 5, 2013

US Embassies--Temporarily Closed for Business

(Image from: FOX News)


Just before the weekend, the State Department announced it would close 21 embassies based on a terror threat.  Yesterday, the closures were extended due to the seriousness of the threat.  This action was based on increased message traffic, or "chatter" among known, or suspected terrorist cells.

Richard Fernandez refers to this as a global sheltering in place, while Mark Steyn calls it the action of a cringing superpower

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