Posted on 04/29/2023 5:26:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In 2006, 25,000 Americans were trapped behind enemy lines in Lebanon. Hezbollah had attacked Israel and the Shiite Muslim terror group which had overwhelmed the formerly Christian nation had once again dragged it into a destructive war.
The Bush administration responded by hiring a cruise ship, the Orient Queen, which brought over 1,000 Americans to Cyprus. The massive cruise ship was part of a rescue flotilla that included the USS Nashville (as captured in an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations who was evacuated aboard the cruiser), the USS Trenton, on one of its final voyages, along with hired civilian vessels from other nations that got Americans out.
Vice Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, announced that the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group was being moved into position so “that we have the capability to extract people, no matter where their location is.”
The Biden administration has taken a very different approach with the estimated 16,000 Americans trapped in Sudan.
Two Americans are dead in Sudan after Biden, once again, washed his hands of them.
“It is not our standard procedure to evacuate American citizens living abroad,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, fresh off celebrating Lesbian Visibility Week with the cast of The L-Word, announced.
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What enemy lines?
Are we at war with Sudan now?
are these people really americans or were they just visa lottery winners who magically became “americans” thanks to open borders.
I was in Sudan in the 1980’s, the concepts of safety, security and stability were at no time congruent with the situations on the ground in Khartoum or Port Sudan.
Crapping on Americans is the new libtard normal
This is just a small sample
"Sudan Detention without trial for Jan 6ers Shows Leaving Americans Behind Enemy Lines is the New Normal"
"Sudan Ignoring the plight in East Palestine, Ohio Shows Leaving Americans Behind Enemy Lines is the New Normal"
There's more where that came from.....
I’m not planning on taking any international travel until the Biden crap show is over.
It is not our standard procedure to evacuate American citizens living abroad,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
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Since when !?
What about taking personal responsibilities.
Who would take a vacation to Sudan or any of the African nation where Muslims are a majority?
A person can have compassion for someone but that person should be taking personal responsibility
“Since when !?” Afghanistan. The occupier of the WH’s handler hates Americans and what America stood for.
“Pedacaris alive or Rhysuli dead!!
What enemy lines? Are we at war with Sudan now?
It’s not a question of taking sides, really who cares who is running Sudan; not our circus not our monkeys. But U.S. citizens are our monkeys and our government doesn’t seem to care about getting them out. Kind of like Afghanistan.
There is a series on YouTube, World War II, that traces the events of the war week by week. In todays episode there was a discussion of who was going to take the blame for German failures during the spring of 1944. Nothing bad that happened to the German war effort could be blamed on Hitler—it had to be someone else’s fault—this was cited as a characteristic of despots. Reminded me of our current administration.
[snip] In 2006, 25,000 Americans were trapped behind enemy lines in Lebanon. Hezbollah had attacked Israel and the Shiite Muslim terror group which had overwhelmed the formerly Christian nation had once again dragged it into a destructive war. The Bush administration responded by hiring a cruise ship, the Orient Queen, which brought over 1,000 Americans to Cyprus. The massive cruise ship was part of a rescue flotilla that included the USS Nashville (as captured in an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations who was evacuated aboard the cruiser), the USS Trenton, on one of its final voyages, along with hired civilian vessels from other nations that got Americans out. [/snip]
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