Posted on 04/21/2023 9:53:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — The Pentagon has deployed forces and is developing options to assist in the possible evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Sudan, but the White House said Friday there are no plans for now for a broader pullout of the potentially thousands of other Americans from the African country where warring factions are in a violent conflict.
The troop moves by the U.S. military are intended “to ensure that we provide as many options as possible, if we are called on to do something. We haven’t been called on to do anything yet,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a news conference in Germany. Austin and U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, held meeting meetings with defense leaders from other countries to discuss additional support for Ukraine.
An estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens are registered with the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum as being in Sudan. The State Department has cautioned that that figure probably is inaccurate because there is no requirement for Americans to register nor is there a requirement to notify the embassy when they leave.
“It’s absolutely imperative that U.S. citizens in Sudan make their own arrangements to stay safe in these difficult circumstances,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in Washington.
He added that “Americans should have no expectation of a U.S. government coordinated evacuation at this time. And we expect that that’s going to remain the case.”
For embassy staff, according to an American official, a small number of U.S. troops have begun arriving in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, where the U.S. is pre-positioning forces and equipment to assist in any potential evacuation. The official said Army soldiers are being tapped for the task.
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America Last
Americans Last
“Should any American, anywhere, expect anything else under this administration?”
Can we say Afghanistan when he didn’t evacuate there either until he couldn’t and had to leave some of those American citizens behind?
wy69
Whatever will our State Department do in Khartoum when they can no longer have little brown boys brought into the embassy for their parties?
God help all Americans in that terrible place.
They need our prayers.
It’s not hard to see what’s coming.
I seem to remember Libya...oh never mind, that was Trump’s fault...Tasmania? Kenya? Trump’s fault...
Maybe be we can get Iran ( or China or Russia) to evacuate our people.
Vlad and Xi already have Sudan wrapped up……and most of Africa. Unfortunately, the whole world knows about senile Joe’s efforts to make America last.
RE: They need our prayers.
Prayers up.
Do not doubt for a minute that the Biden Regime is ensconced behind closed doors strategizing on how they can place the blame for this latest fiasco on Trump.
“Not My Fault” is the Biden motto.
🙏🙏
You’re exactly right.
It’s what Demo-rats do, abandon Americans.
Their motto: Americans Last.
Democrats ALWAYS leave behind Americans.
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