Comments on: The Decline of American Power, Iraq Edition, Part 356 http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/09/19/the-decline-of-american-power-iraq-edition-part-356/ Bringing foreign policy back, girl. Those other countries don't know how to act. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:53:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Midwest McGarry http://www.undiplomatic.net/2008/09/19/the-decline-of-american-power-iraq-edition-part-356/#comment-1934 Midwest McGarry Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:10:34 +0000 http://www.undiplomatic.net/?p=915#comment-1934 Charlie, Any thoughts on what the attack results say about the efforts to beef up security at US embassies worldwide? On the one hand, every US embassy has now been turned into a fortress. Therefore, this attack resulted in nothing like the previous attacks in Nairobi and Dar (meaning only one American dead this time). But on the other hand, it means that by pushing the perimeter out, we are putting nationals in much greater danger... as proven by the number of Yemenis dead in this attack. Have we gone to far in the fortress creation? What is the right balance? Charlie,
Any thoughts on what the attack results say about the efforts to beef up security at US embassies worldwide? On the one hand, every US embassy has now been turned into a fortress. Therefore, this attack resulted in nothing like the previous attacks in Nairobi and Dar (meaning only one American dead this time).

But on the other hand, it means that by pushing the perimeter out, we are putting nationals in much greater danger… as proven by the number of Yemenis dead in this attack.

Have we gone to far in the fortress creation? What is the right balance?

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