Posted on 07/18/2006 4:40:15 PM PDT by ChessMan
The State Department said Monday that it will ask Americans to pay for rides out of Lebanon that include chartered vessels.
"What we have to do in a situation like this is, we have to go out on an emergency basis and rent vessels," Burns said. "That's what we're trying to do ... We do that on behalf of American citizens. We're not quite sure how many of these Americans will come out."
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi objected to billing evacuees.
"A nation that can provide more than $300 billion for a war in Iraq can provide the money to get its people out of Lebanon," Pelosi said in a statement.
Lebanon might have been the "low rent" Las Vegas, but Dubai holds that moniker, and rightly so, I believe.
Let her pick up the tab on her personal account.
As I posted elsewhere... There are just some things that sane people should know not to do; never go into a 7-11 in North Philly at 6:00am for a cup of coffee, you will like be shot in a robbery. Along the same lines, never vacation or take university courses in the Middle East while things are as unsettled as they have been for years. You make your choices and you live with the consequences. I personally think that (1) those that live there can stay there; (2) those on vacation and attending university classes can pay for themselves just as they would have done when they were originally scheduled to leave; and (3) those there on official work assignments should be taken care of by their employer. Why must I pay for the dubious decisions of others???
Never forget Lt Col Higgins.
http://americanmemorialsite.com/higgins.html
Ah, the hypocrisy! The Democrats are the first to criticize the war in Iraq and the money America has spent and is continuously spending. Why should the taxpayer pay for someone exercising her or his freedom to travel to problem places? Of course, the Democrats see this as another political score in which they can make gains, not because they care about those stuck in Lebanon, but because they think it will give them an advantage over the Republicans in the next elections.
Someone told me at work today that the French have already got some of their people out of Lebanon; well, the French live in the Mediterranean... they got ships there, duh! It is a logistical nightmare to get so many out of a faraway country in the midst of a war, where its infrastructure doesn't allow for a grand scale and immediate evacuation.
Alas, but these Americans living in or visiting relatives in Lebanon – a country whose government has close ties with the terrorist group Hezbollah – and is responsible for the abduction of two Israeli soldiers, and sits in the Lebanese government, and I must add, was voted into power by the Lebanese people, are demanding that the Bush Administration hurry up and get them out right away with the rest of us paying for their expenses.
Thanks for posting that info- why am I not surprised?
She didn't remember, though. Give her the benefit of the doubt. LOL!
(not!)
LOL!
Good.
I have been involved in two evacuations, one from Iran in 1979 and the other from Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Amcit evacuees had to sign repayment agreements. This did not start in 2003.
Saw tonight that the evacuees will not have to sign a promissory note to pay.
Then why did she and the Democrat congress make that the lay in 1993? Stupid hypocrite.
This goes back to at least 1979. We had amcits signing repayment agreements over 25 years ago in Tehran. I don't know if the USG ever follows up and makes people pay. I seriously doubt it.
Good post. Pelosi demonstrates often that she is a feckless and half-witted opportunist and poltroon.
You just described the whole Democratic Party. :-D
Thanks to you and others for the replies here.
I have been working on work issues for a few hours and have not had time to reply. Very informative!
No one is saying that we should help pay for their transportation.
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