After the debacle in Benghazi the State Department isn't taking any chances. Tired of being shredded in the media about insufficient security for Ambassador Stevens in Libya, the Yemen tank shipment will ensure the safety of diplomats in that strife-torn country, and also replenish the Yemeni government's supply of tanks after Al Qaeda rebels overran an army base at Ad Koud back in March and drove away with the nation's only armored division.
Other American diplomatic missions will also benefit from enhanced security. Unnamed sources confirm that a nuclear submarine is on its way up the Nile to guard the US embassy in Cairo, and that 10,000 Marines will be deployed in Caracas to protect the embassy in Venezuela after the unexpected election victory of outspoken Al Qaeda sympathizer and suspected communist Hugo Chavez.
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