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Americans Stew Over Slow U.S. Evacuation
Associated Press ^ | Wednesday, July 19, 2006 | Hamza Hendawi and Zeina Karam

Posted on 07/19/2006 11:33:37 AM PDT by don'tspeak4me

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"Jonathan Chakhtoura, a 19-year-old Lebanese-American, is eager to escape the outbreak of Mideast fighting here. But he says he's extremely disappointed with the way U.S. authorities have handled the evacuation.

"Every time I call to see what's going on the lines are busy," he said of the U.S. Embassy. "When they answer, they say they don't know," said Chakhtoura, who wants to be back in Boston before his fashion design classes start Sept. 6."

All together now ... Waaaahhhh!

1 posted on 07/19/2006 11:33:40 AM PDT by don'tspeak4me
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To: don'tspeak4me

Here comes the MSM trying to manufacture another "Katrina-like' crisis for President Bush.


2 posted on 07/19/2006 11:35:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: don'tspeak4me
Bush’s Fault

Boy, the whiners really learned from Katrina, didn't they.

3 posted on 07/19/2006 11:36:04 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport (Israel is doing the Lord’s work.)
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To: don'tspeak4me

Here we go...watch the MSM and the Democrats whip this story in Katrina-like fashion!


4 posted on 07/19/2006 11:36:08 AM PDT by Obadiah (I wanted to play Mousetrap. You roll the dice, you move your mice. Nobody gets hurt.)
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To: don'tspeak4me

Beirut--New Orleans of the Levant


5 posted on 07/19/2006 11:36:48 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: don'tspeak4me

I don't suppose that these people accept any responsibility at all for being there in the first place? Or for the fact that the evac puts others at risk? Nah....


6 posted on 07/19/2006 11:37:44 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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"Every time I call to see what's going on the lines are busy," he said of the U.S. Embassy. "When they answer, they say they don't know," said Chakhtoura, who wants to be back in Boston before his fashion design classes start Sept. 6."



LMAO...big time...


7 posted on 07/19/2006 11:37:59 AM PDT by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero..............)
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"who wants to be back in Boston before his fashion design classes start Sept. 6."
I think that says it all. I am sure he was right there at the Bush Victory party in the front row.

I have a great idea, lets go to a war zone and then complain when the sh!t hits the fan.


8 posted on 07/19/2006 11:38:04 AM PDT by Holicheese (Stanley Cup's new home IS North Carolina!)
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To: don'tspeak4me

Wasn't there a poll that showed a huge majority of Americans in Lebanon are sympathetic to Hezbullah?


9 posted on 07/19/2006 11:38:04 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport (Israel is doing the Lord’s work.)
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Why is it that the whiners always get the ink? If you are going to live in war torn countries or hurricane torn areas, you had better have your exit bags packed and ready to go....... These irresponsible people are using time and resources that would be better spent fighting the WOT and winning it. Leave anyone who whines………ungrateful nits………


10 posted on 07/19/2006 11:38:09 AM PDT by yoe
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To: RightWhale

Bush didn't rescue that guy that died on Mt. Everest either.
failed Presidency

/sarc off


11 posted on 07/19/2006 11:38:25 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: RightWhale
"Beirut--New Orleans of the Levant"

Perfect.

12 posted on 07/19/2006 11:38:33 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: don'tspeak4me

Ask not what your country can do for you...instead shut the hell up and we'll get to you as soon as we can.


13 posted on 07/19/2006 11:38:43 AM PDT by Sax
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To: don'tspeak4me
If Clinton were running the show, he'd be personally manning the life boats.

Chicks on first!

It's all Bush's fault.

14 posted on 07/19/2006 11:39:10 AM PDT by evad
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To: don'tspeak4me

More Katrina-like morons who expect an immediate response and immediate protection from dangers into which they placed themselves.


15 posted on 07/19/2006 11:39:35 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: don'tspeak4me

Confusion in a war zone? Gee, who would have guessed?


16 posted on 07/19/2006 11:39:42 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Holicheese

This is typical of the left....Refusing to take responsibility for their own decisions, and then blaming the government for not bailing them out.


17 posted on 07/19/2006 11:39:43 AM PDT by Kenny Bunkport (Israel is doing the Lord’s work.)
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Jonathan Chakhtoura, a 19-year-old Lebanese-American, is eager to escape the outbreak of Mideast fighting here. But he says he's extremely disappointed with the way U.S. authorities have handled the evacuation.

"Every time I call to see what's going on the lines are busy," he said of the U.S. Embassy. "When they answer, they say they don't know," said Chakhtoura, who wants to be back in Boston before his fashion design classes start Sept. 6.

So, what was his exit strategy PRE-WAR to leaving Lebanon to go back to college by September 6th?

I really fail to see what the issue is here. He could head to a border and LEAVE the area of combat.

Where does he plan to spend his time until then? And why does he think he wouldn't be in Boston by 9/6?

18 posted on 07/19/2006 11:39:44 AM PDT by weegee (Call Ted Kennedy's office and tell them you would've called 10 hours ago but couldn't get to a phone)
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"Wasn't there a poll that showed a huge majority of Americans in Lebanon are sympathetic to Hezbullah?"

I don't know, but there was a report here someplace that 7,000 of them were Muslims.

19 posted on 07/19/2006 11:39:50 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: don'tspeak4me
Good point.

However, I'll bet you would 'waaaaahhh' if you were in his same shoes. Oh, sorry, that's right. You'll say that you wouldn't do such a thing as complain when faced with lousy service that you had already paid for as a taxpayer. Sorry to make the charge.

20 posted on 07/19/2006 11:40:19 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A few clever bones tossed on gay unions, flag burning & Iraq still don't absolve GWB over BORDERS)
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