Hundreds of US officers, soldiers and airmen are there, and a bunch of Salafist Bedouins are holding them hostage.
This sounds unlikely, unless the US forces have been ordered NOT to fight!
That sounds like something BHO2 has decided.
No, that’s how it works at North Camp. I was in MFO back in the 80’s, and our soldiers are at South Camp near Sharm el sheik while the office types are up north.
The best fighters in North Camp are from Fiji. (Seriously.)