Last time a US ambassador was killed in middle east was 1979

[Conan The Librarian]

Interesting that Carter would be president at that time, and that current president is often compared with Carter.

[magooch]

I don't recall if Carter tried to blame it on Bush and the Republicans, but it looks like that is what the melanic communist is going to try.

[Nuke41]

 
My condolences go out to his family and to anyone wounded there also.
 
 

[Conan The Librarian]

Heard the speeches, etc. Hillary went first, then later Romney did one and took questions, then president repeated what Hillary said and didn't take questions. Very telling chain of events. This all happened within about an hour today.

[yellowtail3]

Interesting that Carter would be president at that time, and that current president is often compared with Carter.

Even more interesting will be to learn... who was that US Ambassador killed in 1979, and what country was he in when killed?

[Nuke41]

Interesting that Carter would be president at that time, and that current president is often compared with Carter.

Even more interesting will be to learn... who was that US Ambassador killed in 1979, and what country was he in when killed?

Adolph Dubs, KIA in Afghanistan in 1979.
 
 

[Conan The Librarian]

Caught up more on the news, and two attacks occured, one in egypt and one in libya. Libya was a rocket attack, so it's hard to claim it was just proteters. This was to protest a movie that defiled muhammmad or something like that. If somebody had printed a koran in a font unpleasing to the extremist islamic fanatics that define islam today, they'd still be out killing people. Anything for an excuse.

[powderman]