Yesterday, the American embassies/consulates in Cairo, Egypt, and Benghazi, Libya were stormed. The Egyptian riot destroyed a few things and burned the flag, but no one seems to have been injured in the melee.
Things were much worse in Libya. The ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and three marines were killed in the attack. It appears that they were taken to a separate building by Libyan security officials and then the mob was informed that there were Americans in that building. The mob stormed the building and killed those inside.
With these attacks, one can't help but be reminded of the Iranian assault on the US embassy in 1979. In that case, our people were taken hostage rather than killed, but the feeling is about the same. Of course, with no hostages, there won't be a botched military rescue effort, but that does not preclude the possiblity of things going south in any reprisal efforts.
Couple this with the public slap of Prime Minister Netanyahu, and yesterday was not a particularly good day for anyone in this country. With the possibility of more protests forming in North Africa, it doesn't look like things will be improving anytime in the near future.
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