Which, diplomatically speaking, is what this was: US Secretary of States and his aides, in Egypt to confer with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, were required to be screened by metal detector before meeting with him.
Footage taken at the Egyptian presidential palace and seen by Reuters showed an official briefly raising a handheld metal-detecting wand to the lower part of Kerry’s jacket before waving him through for the meeting, which is to discuss how to stop the two-week conflict between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip.
Kerry appeared for only a few seconds in the footage, which showed his senior aides walking through a stationary metal detector and being checked with a handheld wand.
At least one was asked to empty his pockets.
The aides included Kerry’s deputy chief of staff Jonathan Finer, senior adviser David Thorne and spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
Egypt has been conducting international diplomacy for, let's see . . . about 5,000 years now. There is no way that this screening was anything but a signal to the seat of the US government that Egypt is not very interested in much we have to say to them.
So we see how this has worked out:
Um, not so much.
But fear not, Secretary Kerry! Blackfive has just the remedy!
Dear State Department
Following today's events in Egypt, where your Secretary of State and his people were put through a metal detector before being allowed to visit the Egyptian President, you should issue uniform swords to all ranking diplomatic personnel. You have diplomatic immunity, after all; and the sword remains a powerful symbol where you are going.
Not ceremonial swords, either. Real swords. Albion makes some good ones. Make it clear that you arecarrying a weapon, and defy them to stop you.
If you need any assistance in effecting this policy, don't hesistate to write. Actually, you probably should anyway.Good idea! I'd make them Arabian Sabers!
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