{"id":605,"date":"2012-09-13T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T17:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=605"},"modified":"2016-07-28T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T13:59:41","slug":"are-a-nations-embassies-sovereign-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/605","title":{"rendered":"Are a nations embassies sovereign soil?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BurningAre American (or any other nation’s) embassies sovereign soil?\u00a0 The short answer, is no.\u00a0 An embassy is not sovereign soil of the represented country, the property belongs to the host country (I did not know this until writing this article).\u00a0 With the latest attacks upon our embassies in Egypt and Libya; there have been outcries that “America has been attacked!”\u00a0 All I can say is; cool your jets there easy rider, cool your jets.\u00a0 There has been a lot of saber rattling, but America has NOT been attacked.\u00a0 Is it deplorable – yes.\u00a0 The attack on our embassies is a violation of of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations<\/a><\/em>. As such; the host nation should be held liable.\u00a0 The host nation is responsible for the safety of the represented nations diplomats.<\/p>\n

Article 22 states that the premises of a diplomatic mission, such as an embassy, are inviolate and must not be entered by the host country except by permission of the head of the mission. Furthermore, the host country must protect the mission from intrusion or damage. The host country must never search the premises, nor seize its documents or property.\u00a0 Article 30 extends this provision to the private residence of the diplomats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Diplomatic missions<\/a> are special, and they hold a special status; both in the represented country and in the host country.\u00a0 There have been arguments that Ms. Clinton “apologized” for our country.\u00a0 I’ve read what she said, and I don’t feel it was an apology; she simply stated that the government didn’t endorse the movie; and that America is the home of many religions, including Muslims.\u00a0 She is a diplomat, and the whole function of a diplomat is to keep a cool head, and get along with everyone.\u00a0 She did not apologize for the movie; she stated she didn’t like it personally and that our country has a long tradition of (and the Bill of Rights<\/a> guaranties) free speech.\u00a0 Violence to that free speech is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

I know, I know….if the embassies are not sovereign soil; why are there US Marines stationed at embassies<\/a>?\u00a0 As I stated earlier, this has been a learning environment for me also, the Marines are there to…<\/p>\n

The primary mission of the Marine Security Guard (MSG) is to provide internal security at designated US diplomatic and consular facilities in order to prevent the compromise of classified material vital to the national security of the United States. The secondary mission of the MSG is to provide protection for US citizens and US government property located within designated US diplomatic and consular premises during exigent circumstances<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During World War II, the Nazis, yes, even the Nazis respect(ed) the diplomatic corps<\/a>. It appears to me, that only in one part of the world are diplomats under threat; and these are from governments of “Theocracies” where there is state sponsored religion.\u00a0 Once again proving the wisdom of our founders to separate functions of government from practices of religion. There is a good article in Al Arabiya<\/a> (English version of Saudi paper) that reviews the history of storming embassies<\/a>.\u00a0 Since 1829, there have been 28 attacks on US embassies; more than twice that of the next highest country (France-10).<\/p>\n

Our country prides itself on free speech, it is one of our founding liberties.\u00a0 Did movie maker have a “right” to produce that movie, you bet.\u00a0 In this country; everything gets ridiculed, my religion included; but that doesn’t give anyone the right to destroy property or murder someone just because they represent the offender’s (the person that is offended) country.\u00a0 That is murder, no matter what religion (or not) you subscribe too – Islam included.\u00a0 It appears to me, that the people of Islam are a hyper-sensitive bunch, and are (contrary to their stated positions) not a tolerant bunch.\u00a0 To me, they have more in common with my daughter when she was 5 – she threw a temper tantrum whenever something happened that displeased her.\u00a0 She grew out of it – when will Islam?<\/p>\n

I’m of the opinion that anyone has the “right” to say whatever they want; as long as it doesn’t harm another human being.\u00a0 What harm did the movie do?\u00a0 So it made an Islamist angry; put on your big boy pants and get over it. Just because “you” get riled up doesn’t give you cart blanch to violate others’ rights (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness).\u00a0 And as far as the host country goes, get your people under control.<\/p>\n

A listing of attacks upon US Embassies:<\/span>
\n1964- Libreville, Gabon
\n1968- Saigon, South Vietnam
\n1979- Tehran, Iran – Iran hostage crisis
\n1979- Islamabad, Pakistan
\n1979- Tripoli, Libya
\n1983- Beirut, Lebanon
\n1983- Kuwait City, Kuwait
\n1986- Jakarta, Indonesia
\n1987- Italy Rome, Italy
\n1990- Tel Aviv, Israel
\n1998- Nairobi, Kenya
\n1998-Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
\n1999- China Beijing, People’s Republic of China
\n2002- Karachi, Pakistan
\n2004- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
\n2004- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
\n2006- Syria Damascus, Syria
\n2007- Greece Athens, Greece
\n2007- Austria Vienna, Austria
\n2008- Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
\n2008- Yemen San\u2018a\u2019, Yemen
\n2008- Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
\n2011- Syria Damascus, Syria
\n2011- Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
\n2011- Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
\n2012- Attack on the American Embassy in Cairo, Egypt
\n2012- Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya
\n2012- Yemen Sanaa, Yemen<\/p>\n

Just some food for thought…most of the attacks have been in the middle east. What say you?\u00a0 Have issues with what I say; beat me up with facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are American (or any other nation’s) embassies sovereign soil?\u00a0 The short answer, is no.\u00a0 An embassy is not sovereign soil of the represented country, the property belongs to the host country (I did not know this until writing this article).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,16],"tags":[50,74,80,59,81,55],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-rants-raves","tag-america","tag-disasters","tag-duty","tag-security","tag-terrorism","tag-war"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1127,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1127","url_meta":{"origin":605,"position":0},"title":"Syria is like a bowl of oatmeal","author":"DR D","date":"September 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Good morning boys and girls! 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