[SJackson]

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We'll know in a few days, but I've heard the number of Americans expected to evacuate is between 4,000 and 5,000. Whether the rest support Hizbollah, I can't imagine how anyone would know that, though clearly many Lebanese do. They may simply live in Lebanon.

[3niner]

We'll know in a few days, but I've heard the number of Americans expected to evacuate is between 4,000 and 5,000. Whether the rest support Hizbollah, I can't imagine how anyone would know that, though clearly many Lebanese do. They may simply live in Lebanon.

Just why would 25,000 Americans choose to live in Lebanon? I can't imagine that even a large minority of them really support America.

[Victoria Delsoul]

THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS IN LEBANON ARE HEZBOLLAH SUPPORTERS.

Most of them are Shiite Muslims, many of whom hold dual U.S. and Lebanese citizenship. Many are anchor babies born here to Muslims in the U.S. illegally. Some are illegal aliens who became citizens through rubber-stamping Citizenship and Immigration Services (and its INS predecessor) coupled with political pressure by spineless politicians.

Of the 25,000 American citizens and green-card holders in Lebanon, at least 7,000 are from Dearborn, Michigan, the heart of Islamic America, and especially Shia Islam. These 7,000 are mostly Shi'ite Muslims who openly and strongly support Hezbollah. Ditto for many of the rest of the 25,000 that are there.

It is not the responsibility of U.S. taxpayers to rescue terrorist-supporters who voluntarily went to a dangerous area . . . just because their whines are loud and annoying.

I'm bookmarking this thread for future reference.

[Syncro]

In the last year or so there were some threads on FR discussing the practice of pregnant women from Islamic countries coming to the US to have their babies. Anchor babies.

These women would come over here (someplace in the Midwest possibly Dearborn) and shortly go to the hospital to give birth.

They paid nothing to the Hospitals. The cost was all born by us, the taxpayers. At about $10,000 a pop.

Possibly many were from Lebanon and they are the majority of the citizens staying there and not wanting to leave.