The recent attacks on American Embassies in Libya and Yemen are a worrying development in the continuing struggle against Islamic Extremism. Whether the attacks were as a result of the recent release of a low-budget film allegedly mocking the prophet Mohammed or a protest against American foreign policy nobody can say for sure but if the attacks continue to spread then the whole of the Western World has a problem.

Embassies, situated as they are in foreign lands,  are regarded by international law as sovereign territory and any attack on that territory is regarded as an attack on the Embassy’s country itself and thus technically an act of war. It is the duty of country in which the embassy is situated, the host country, to protect the embassy from acts of violence by its own people and so in this respect the governments of Libya and Yemen, such as they are, have failed in that duty.

In the USA, argument now rages between Republicans and Democrats as to whether or not the Democrat President Obama (and therefore America as a nation) is perceived as weak, giving encouragement to Islamic extremists to carry out their atrocities. If that is the case then we should all be greatly concerned.

There are those, of course,  who are fearful of America and fearful of any American misuse of power, particularly under a Republican Government (which may well come to power later this year). Be that as it may, there is no doubt whatsoever that in these increasingly dangerous times the world needs a strong America, with a strong president to protect us all from those who would destroy us.