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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom a poster at huffington to help those disturbed senators
"How many attacks on embassies were there during Bush the Second's reign? Come on baggers--hazard a guess. Two? Five? Ten? More? Try at least 11:
June 14, 2002, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide bomber kills 12 and injures 51.
February 20, 2003, international diplomatic compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Truck bomb kills 17.
February 28, 2003, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles killed two consulate guards.
July 30, 2004, U.S. embassy in Taskkent, Uzbekistan
Suicide bomber kills two.
December 6, 2004, U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Militants stormed and occupied perimeter wall. Five killed, 10 wounded.
March 2, 2006, U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
Suicide car bomber killed four, including a U.S. diplomate directly targeted by the assailants.
September 12, 2006, U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria
Gunmen attacked embassy with grenades, automatic weapons, and a car bomb (though second truck bomb failed to detonate). One killed and 13 wounded.
January 12, 2007, U.S. embassy in Athens, Greece
A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the embassy building. No one was injured.
July 9, 2008, U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey
Armed men attacked consulate with pistols and shotguns. Three policemen killed.
March 18, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen
Mortar attack misses embassy, hits nearby girls' school instead.
September 17, 2008, U.S. embassy in Sana'a, Yemen
Militants dressed as policemen attacked the embassy with RPGs, rifles, grenades and car bombs. Six Yemeni soldiers and seven civilians were killed. Sixteen more were injured."
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)When you are an incompetent dry drunk imbecile half breed like gw people have low expectations.
President Obama is being held to the standard of Jesus of Nazareth miracle worker.
It's the republicant way.
obxhead
(8,434 posts)Find your weakest point, advertise how superior you are to the competition in that one thing, then advertise how miserable the competition is with your weakest point.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)still_one
(92,395 posts)These clowns so much time to spew their distortions, but in the end, just like the election, we will win this, and sooner than later independents are going to start ignoring the republicans
AAO
(3,300 posts)still_one
(92,395 posts)AAO
(3,300 posts)rivegauche
(601 posts)My incredibly dense right-wing brother insists that 9/11 was Clinton's fault, 100%. It's simply unbelievable, they live in such a bizarro world.
chuckstevens
(1,201 posts)The reason Grumpy McCain and his loyal lapdog Lindsey Graham are going after Rice is because she deservedly dissed him in 2008. Someone one needs to pointedly call him on that and also point out that he is the sorest loser in American history. Get over it Johnny boy; you lost!