“...And if TSHTF, you just know your friend is going to be waving her passport and banging on the gates of the nearest British Embassy, pledging loyalty and demanding to be let in. ...”
there fixed it for you
LOL
Well, some embassy, anyway...
The nasty secret, of course, is that an American Passport and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee at an American Embassy, and nothing else. When you are outside the country, you are on your own. The US Government does not give a damn.
Look at this poor kid who got snatched up in North Korea and killed. The the US Government do anything about that?