[stlnative]

Since all the ships are going back and forth between Beirut and Cyprus. I think if I was Rebel I would be trying to get on any of the large ships that are pulling people out. The Italian war ship will be going back in to get more people.

It could be at least another 24 hours or more before he could even get on the cruise ship that is being used for Americans.

[Lunatic Fringe]

On CNN this morning, one of the CNNewsies was bashing a State Dept official, and he kept repreating "It's been a week! It's been a week! Why is the response so slow??"

A WEEK! How fast do you expect ships to move? Should we have immediately started evacuating people when the first bomb dropped??? Ridiculous. People need to take their own responsibility for working, visiting, and vacationing in such a garden spot like Beirut.