rebel_yell2 is out of Beirut...in Athens! (Vainity)

Freepmail | 07/20/06 | chgogal

[Chgogal]

"I'm out!!! Got out on the Orient Queen yesterday to Larnaca. Am now in Athens and will be in Chicago tonight. More then. Feel free to share this, as I don't have time to post yet. Got lots of pictures of the evacuation. And about half of the passengers WERE NOT U.S. Citizens!!! Lebanese nationals with Green cards and what all. My group were almost the ONLY people speaking English. It was sickening. MAKE THEM ALL PAY!!! They were treating it as a vacation cruise oblivious that their country is being destroyed. We were so mad we couldn't stand it. I'm still steaming . . . ."

[Chgogal]

Welcome Home rebel_yell2! Chicago is waiting. Can't wait to hear all your adventures! Very interesting comments above.

[iceskater]

Good news - thanks for letting us know.

[GrandEagle]

Welcome Home my FRiend!

[nuclady]

Welcome Home! Glad to see your are OK!

[Txsleuth]

I can't wait to see your pictures..and read your story, here on FR when you get back, rebel!!

I am SO glad you are alright.

[Paradox]

Whoa! This is great news! I can't wait to hear more from RY2. His insight into the nationality of the evacuees is sobering.

[kayak]

Welcome home!

[Txsleuth]

I saw this post on the ME thread...but, I am so grateful to you for giving it it's own thread..

For one thing...rebel's message HAS TO GET OUT!!!

Those are probably Hebollah getting FREE passage to the USA.

[NonValueAdded]

bump

[mewzilla]

Those are probably Hebollah getting FREE passage to the USA.

Paging Joe Biden....

[pepperdog]

BTTT for Good News!

[Txsleuth]

LOL>..yes, I hope he is ready for the BLAME...since he was begging for the credit last night.

[bonfire]

Lordy, we can't even evacuate our own citizens without screwing up. I'm tired of worrying what the Arab nations think about us. I give a crap.

[Chgogal]

FYI!

[wideawake]

It's interesting that our fellow FReeper is all exercised by "illegitimate" Israeli retaliation while actual Lebanese don't really seem to care.

Anyway, thank God he's safe.

[Red Badger]

Welcome home!Got any baklava?.................

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

Thank goodness you are safe, rebel_yell2. We were praying for you.

[fatima]

So glad he is out.Thank you Lord.

[small voice in the wilderness]

WTH, no whining? I had my Kleenex box at the ready, wanting so to share the misery and hardship and bad food stories. What good is an evacuation if tales of treachorous treatment by George W. aren't included? With pictures of soup lines and dustbowl conditions. And protest posters saying: Kiss My Ungrateful A**, America, Just As Soon As You Get Me Home

Congrats, rebel_yell2. And prayers for a safe journey back to this great land! SVITW

[Chgogal]

Hey! I'm not CNN. LOL

[Peach]

Thanks for the ping. On another post he said he has pictures too.

I'm so relieved he's out of there.

[MizSterious]

Thanks for posting--I've been wondering how RY2 was doing. I'm hoping we'll soon see a good vanity from RY2, describing this and more.

[Chgogal]

You and I both. It's always nice to hear good news.

[AD from SpringBay]

And about half of the passengers WERE NOT U.S. Citizens...

But the selective media will never tell us this.

[armymarinemom]

Thank goodness!

[BunnySlippers]

Good for you! Welcome back!

[MinuteGal]

Welcome home, Rebel.

I'm sure there'll be an urgent "please return my call" message waiting for you from Larry King.

Powder up, man!

(.......yah, sure. When weasels fly)

Leni

[Peach]

This freeper doesn't even think Rebel was ever in Lebanon.

You should see the outrageous lies being told about Rebel on this thread.

The day I start bashing a fellow freeper in a war zone is the day I leave Free Republic.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667641/posts?page=1224#1224

[Chgogal]

Yes, it is amazing the downright nasty comments. At least one person was banned for being so unnecessarily mean. If they don't believe RY2, fine, don't read the posts. This nastiness is really very unbecoming. But oh well, at least you know who your "friends" are.

Here is my note to self in case I am ever in RY2's position.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667641/posts?page=785#785

[Steve Van Doorn]

that is a classic. That rant should go down in the freerepublics hall of fame.

[Peach]

Good post, Chgogal. I guess FR isn't what I thought it was because I certainly never thought I'd see freepers treat a fellow freeper in a war zone the way Rebel was treated.

[trillabodilla]

So glad to hear ry2 made it out safely!

FReep on!

[jazusamo]

Great news and thanks for posting.

[Peach]

I don't even know who these people are. Disgraceful.

[Darnright]

Thank heavens you got out safely! Now, I hope Homeland Security weeds any Hezbollah moles out of the herd!

[Iwo Jima]

Thanks for the ping! Good news, indeed.

[Iwo Jima]

Give it a rest, Peach. Or or you trying to get yet another Freeper banned?

[Lurking in Kansas]

WERE NOT U.S. Citizens!!! Lebanese nationals with Green cards and what all

Why am I not surprised??

/sarc

[Guenevere]

What Freeper doesn't think he was really there?

And regarding your post about the nastiness of some who posted...

..You call them FReepers, but I know I don't need to remind you that we have thousands upon thousands of lurkers and posters here, and obviously there are more than a few rotten apples in the barrel....

..apples who should not be given the coveted name of Freeper.

They're just infiltrators/assassins/ambushers trying to muddy up this wonderful forum.

So what I'm saying is....don't cast a bad light on 'Freepers'...

..most genuine folk-(Freepers)- who post here are the kind of folk JimRob had in mind.

[Peach]

I guess you missed the part on that thread where someone said on the open forum they were hitting abuse on that freeper. And that banned freeper argued with the mods when the mod told him to stop.

You and truth can't exist in the same room. But feel free to continue to perpetuate your little lies.

[Chgogal]

He really wanted to sail out of Beirut on your namesake.

Spread the word if you feel like it. It's nice seeing the US Military getting the job done AGAIN. It makes one so very very proud.

[Peach]

The link I posted is from a freeper who doesn't even think Rebel_Yell2 was even in Lebanon.

The lies about Rebel on that thread are breathtaking.

[Grammy]

Good news ry2! I quit reading the other threads because of nastiness, and just did my quiet praying and waited for news. Can't wait to see the pictures.

[Chgogal]

It would be nice to see RY2 on O'Reilly or Hannity reporting this nonsense. Gosh, I'm so glad I wasn't on that "cruise", I would have made a spectacle of myself. LOL

I'm guessing, it was first come first served. The Lebanese knew the ropes. Good lesson for all of us should we find ourselves in the same position as RY2. Register in person and then register again in person.

[Iwo Jima]

I am not going to respond to you further on this point, as I do not want to enable you to take yet another thread down the toilet. What you did is out there for everyone to see.

End of story.

[Candor7]

Congratulations Reb for a job well done. I have a feeling that you are now one of Free Republics most experienced freepers on the middle east situation since you were there.

Please get home safe, unwind and then give us a no shi--er debriefing on what you saw. I look forward to reading it.

I am so relieved that you made it out, your situation made me think of you on and off over the last few days of not reading your posts.

[Peach]

What I did is post to Rebel that I was anxious to hear from him and said banned freeper then posted a few lies about both my post and me.

Another freeper hit abuse on him and said so openly. The mods told him to stop and he argued with the mods.

I've posted the link on this thread and would be delighted if someone would read it and see just what kind of liar you are.

You have a great day.

[Lazamataz]

Hey, rebel_yell2, I forgot: I left a cologne on the bureau in that hotel back in Beirut.

Can you go back and get that for me?

Thanks!

[Chgogal]

Well, your quiet prayers worked. And I'm sure we here in Freepland will see many many pictures. Good news is lovely to hear.

[Hildy]

SO happy for you. HOwever, what you said is disturbing. If there are Ameicans left because of this..the US has some SPLAININ to do!