Posted on 11/24/2021 9:30:39 PM PST by blueplum
The U.S. government is warning American citizens in Ethiopia even more starkly to leave the country now, as the conflict there continues to deteriorate.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is heading to the front lines to lead the federal government's forces, he announced, urging his fellow citizens to join him and "lead the country with a sacrifice."...
... after the unprecedented, chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan, the State Department has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure U.S. citizens in Ethiopia know military flights like those out of Kabul will not be coming to rescue them.
"There should be absolutely no expectation of the military becoming involved," a senior State Department official said Monday...
..The Pentagon declined to comment on any troop movements to ABC News after a report that the U.S. had put Navy ships in the region on "standby"...
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
That’s Haile Selassie of them.
Now there’s a Prime Minister - runs to the front of the battle.
oh dear. :(
prayers for the beautiful people of Ethiopia. among the oldest Judeo-Christian civilizations in the world...
I’m surprised Brandon isn’t flying hundreds of thousands of “refugees “ out of there to the U.S.
Just in time for a new BandAid song to come out.
One of my favorite jokes of all time! Not usually much since he was over thrown. But, as they used to say in Egypt in the same period “Sadat’s dat.”
Savages.
FJB has no interest in them.
Not even to get our people out if the situation deteriorates faster than people can get out by non-military transportation?
As if "State" did a good job in Afghanistan.
My respect for the parts of our gov't involved has now gone to negative infinity.
According to the CIA
Ethiopian Orthodox 43.8%, Muslim 31.3%, Protestant 22.8%, Catholic 0.7%
And a great deal of Ethiopians belong to communist parties.
........ after Biden’s bungled, unprecedented, chaotic evacuation debacle from Afghanistan, the State Department has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure US citizens stranded in Ethiopia know, military flights, like those out of Kabul, will not be coming to rescue them.........
Well played
Was just thinking the same thing.
Hey, the president of Afghanistan ran...What?...Wait...never mind...
They already know that. It didn't happen in Kabul, either.
WAITING FOR THE INFLUX OF ETHIOPINAS HERE VIA BIDEN
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