Yes, I would feel safe leaving Lebanon by ferry. I would have been on the French ferry yesterday had there been space; I was on the list.
I don't think Hizbollah is looking to kill a boatload of foreigners. This is a PR war, after all.
Hezbollah would love to kill Americans.
just be careful and keep your head down... is Israel bombing where your at, or is it pretty quiet? How are you doing with food, water, money etc...
My family and I are praying for you that you get home soon. Stay safe and Godspeed.
I doubt they are either. Like you said, at any time they could get some American hostages if that was their desire, yet they haven't.
If you think this is just a PR war, then what is your worry? I say kick back, relax and enjoy.
To the extent that Hezbollah's troopies are disciplined. you are correct. And I do not believe that it is Hezbollah per se that operates these SSMs. It's the pasdaran. THEY are creeps indeed, but you can't call them indisciplined.
You WILL be evacuated. It looks like chaos because to some extent it IS chaos. In your position you can't see who is bringing order out of the chaos and how. What you can do is have one bag per American packed with the stuff that's vital. As long as Beirut remains permissive you will probably be told where to go, where you'll mill around ("hurry up and wait") and get on a truck or on a bus. The bus will take you to the port or to an airfield that is open. Then you have a long ride crammed like a sardine in a plane or a boat with hundreds of other complaining people.
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I don think the dead in Northern Israel think its a pr war, or the 2 soldiers that were kidnapped HMMM