Happy Friday! I am Lance Pisowicz and this is “What’s Wrong
With Washington”. I am happy to not only
be back on my Friday blog but also thankful to have my Twitter account
again. I know I promised you guys an explanation
on why my account was suspended all of last week and this week until Tuesday,
so here I am. As many of you are aware I
post many photos, links, quotes, etc. on Twitter so you guys can enjoy them. I never post ads for businesses or anything
that does not pertain to my website, community, or life. Apparently Twitter’s systems detected my
account as a potential spam threat and suspended me. I was told this happens from time to time but
nevertheless my account was suspended. I
first noticed I was suspended on Labor Day afternoon and immediately sent
Twitter an appeal request. Within a few
minutes an automated message directed me to send an email appeal to Twitter’s
Support Staff. I followed suit and
emailed them requesting to know why I was suspended. I was very professional and polite in my
email, I’m sure all of you who are on Twitter can relate to my frustration, and
the fact that I would have over 8,000 people wondering what happened to me only
made matters worse. Each day I waited
for a reply from Twitter’s Support Staff until finally on Tuesday afternoon I
received word that my account had been reinstated and concise apology for the
mistaken suspension. Quite the adventure
right? But the more I thought about the
day I was reinstated on the more my frustration subsided. To think that just eleven years earlier more
than 3,000 innocent people had lost their lives, made me realize my situation
was of little significance. It feels
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Considering
the magnitude of Tuesday’s September 11th anniversary I thought I
would spend tonight’s blog paying my respects to the victims of another tragedy
this past week. As many of you are aware, four Americans were killed in Libya
in an attack on the U.S. Consulate.1
Among the
victims were U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, and two former
Navy SEALS. If you understand foreign
policy, you know that when a country has an embassy or in this case a consulate
(somewhat like a junior embassy for lack of a better term) are considered
property of the said country. The land
then does not belong to the country that surrounds the embassy but rather is
part of the country the embassy represents.
Citizens of the surrounding country are not allowed inside or on the
property of the said country’s embassy unless otherwise permitted by authorities
from the represented country.
If a member of
the surrounding country trespasses on the embassy’s property or worse enters
the building it is considered invading the embassy’s country and an
international offense. This is
considered an act of war even if violence is not involved at all.
In simple
terms, the fact that four Americans were killed at a U.S. Consulate by Libyan
citizens (although not officially supported by the Libyan government) was an
act of war against the United States.
The question is, how should we respond?
Not let’s be
rational, it would be ridiculous to start a war over a single issue like this,
however, our stance toward Libya will certainly be more strenuous than it has
been in the past. There are talks of
cutting off all foreign aid to Libya, and I believe that should only be our
initial response. I also think we should
add Libya to our “watch” list as a potentially hostile nation.
But it’s not
just Libya we should keep an eye on.
There have been similar protester attacks aimed at Americans and the
U.S. Embassies in Egypt and Yemen. Should
we even have supported the Arab Spring in the first place?
Don’t get me
wrong, I believe democracy is the best form of human government there is. After all God created us equal didn’t
He? No one man should have more say than
another. The problem is this Arab Spring
is not a group of revolutions that follow in the footsteps of the American
Revolution. The Arab Spring is rather
more reminiscent of the French Revolution of the 1790s, one of the bloodiest
time periods in world history. Instead
of reason and decency being at the center of a government overhaul, mob rule
and chaos run the show.
I saw a photo
on Facebook with a caption that goes like this:
“In 1986 a group of Libyans killed Americans. In response, President Ronald Reagan bombed
their leader’s house. Libya remained
quiet for almost twenty-five years. Then
someone apologized.”
In the past
four years it has become increasingly apparent that President Obama’s idea of
compromise and desire for reconciliation and love from America’s enemies has
failed. Foreign bullies have walked all
over us and our friends. Just look at
the situation with the soon to be nuclear power of Iran. We need a president who wants foreign
countries to respect us before they “love” us.
While Hosni
Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi were highly corrupt and cruel to their people, they
at least understood the boundaries of their foreign policy. You don’t mess with US.
That will be
it for us tonight. I hope you have
enjoyed our broadcast tonight, as much as I have. Thanks again, and God bless you all. I will see you all next Sunday. Have a great weekend!
Sources:
- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/14/obama-clinton-to-attend-transfer-remains-ceremony-for-murdered-diplomats/
- http://www.foxnews.com/world/slideshow/2012/09/11/protesters-storm-us-embassy-in-cairo/#slide=1
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