Posted by
Yubaduck on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:39:36 PM
The media will either not report this, or it will get buried in the avalanche of political reporting, but today, 16 died in an attack on the US Embassy in Sa'na, Yemen. None were Americans, so its easy to brush this off, but this story shows us three things:
1) Al Qaida is weaker than it was 7 years ago. Contrary to reports and commentary from the Left and the Democratic party, this is about the best they can do. It is still bad, and the loss of life is sad, but they have been weakened.
2) Al Qaida still exists and still wants to harm us. Contrary to some who say the war is over, we can come home, cut the military, and focus on social programs, there is still an element out there that wants to hurt us. They have been weakened, not eliminated.
3) Our defensive measures did what they were supposed to do. We had at least 2 layers of concrete fencing, Yemeni guards ringing American guards, and other security measures that may not have existed prior to 9/11. Now they exist, and they did their job. 16 died, but 6 were attackers, 4 were Yemeni guards, and 6 were Yemeni civilians. This is tragic, especially the civilian deaths, but since the Yemeni government has refused our help, they have led themselves to this result. Hopefully no more have to die to make them see that they ought to pick a side.