From the HUFF POST:
American diplomats at the US Embassy in Damascus are shaken, but not wounded, after their heavily secured compound was stormed earlier today by a mob of angry protesters.
“A television station that is heavily influenced by Syrian authorities encouraged this violent demonstration,” a State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.
The statement continued, “We strongly condemn the Syrian government’s refusal to protect our embassy, and demand compensation for damages. We call on the Syrian government to fulfill its obligations to its own citizens as well.”
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EDITOR: Allowing this to happen is tantamount to an act of war. By recklessly expending our military resources on so many senseless obligations abroad the US is now perceived as a ‘paper tiger’.
