But do we really have an obligation to extricate them from Lebanon?
Why, yes, as a matter of fact, we do. If only that we may send them to a "rendition" location, to keep them from acting as a "fifth column" either within Lebanon, or other trouble spots throughout the world.
Including locations within the US.
But these days we hear this kind of crap and the CORRECT response, the response that's conventional wisdom, is...tolerance.
I wish we weren't so afraid to charge people with treason for treasonous activity. As to these people, all I can say is I wish we'd have tighter standards for citizenship--say, if you stay a certain amount of time in a hostile country, you're outtahere.