Chris
Stevens a diplomat or spy
Killing of Christopher
Stevens, US Ambassador in Libya and his portrayal as friend of ‘freedom’
fighters raises a question, was he a diplomat or an ace CIA operator? In the
recent past many countries have been alleging that spies have become an
integral part of the US diplomatic core.
His death
has been termed the first death of a US ambassador in the line of duty since
1979. Stevens, 52 and single, served as a special envoy to the Libyan Transitional National Council last year from
March to November. During his 21 years in the Foreign Service he also
served in Jerusalem, Damascus, Cairo and Saudi Arabia.
President
Barack Obama rushed 50 Marines to Libya to safeguard American personnel and
critical facilities there, and ordered a worldwide review of security at
diplomatic posts. The moves were made amid escalating worries that a deadly attack
on the US Consulate in Benghazi stemmed from a
carefully planned extremist plot, not a spontaneous riot.
Killing of
Stevens can be termed a fall out of operating in the countries the United
States wishes to keep its hold. Presence of CIA operators in Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and even Iran has a history spread on
decades. New found territories are those falling in ‘uprising in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA).
It has been
reported in media, “Stevens, whose diplomatic foothold were a couple of
battered tables, was on literally on the rebels' side while the revolution was
at its most vulnerable and in danger of being crushed by troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.”
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “Stevens will be
remembered as a hero by many nations. He risked his life to stop a tyrant then
gave his life trying to help build a better Libya. The world needs
more Chris Stevenses."
Hannah Draper, who is in the US on leave from the
embassy said, “He loved Libya and Libyan people and died doing what he believed
in." Draper said the ambassador was "legendary" in Libya because
he stayed in the country through the revolution, "Liaising with the rebels
and leading a skeleton crew of Americans on the ground to support humanitarian
efforts and meeting up-and-coming political leaders."
Spying is ancient and murder is wrong, i do not understand why people are dying because of a movie: i understand protesting and i understand being outraged, but it seems that the rioters are playing right into the hands of those that wish to control them and perhaps these controllers are the ones who are provoking the rioters even further; anyway one looks at this, the outcome is disaster and the specter of WW3 looms over it. I posted a documentary about the Spanish Civil War (that was called the first battle of WW2) it was made in 1937 and the parallel lines to today are very evident; we are apparently still an uncivilized species that thinks it is OK to kill in the name of religion..or a movie.
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