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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As I read over some of the transcripts of the congressional hearings about the attack on the US embassy in Libya, a big question keeps coming to mind: why do we need ambassadors? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have encrypted secure phone links, we have large screen 2-way communications. Why don’t we just tell the countries, if you want a US embassy, then build it. If you want it safe, then guard it. If terrorists or guys out for a walk decide to attack it, then shoot them if you wish, but there need not be any Americans in there to kill, for the ambassadors can do all the business with any country anywhere from the safety of an office back home, and they can keep their ambassadors home too, to lower the risk that they would see women with their heads naked and shameful.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If we do it that way, we don’t need as many aircraft carriers and all those expensive floating fireworks, don’t need the foreign bases as much, don’t need a lot of the expensive military installations we are currently supporting. We can have eyes and ears on the ground using various resources available to us. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So why do we need ambassadors on the ground in dangerous places?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>