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rebel_yell2 is out of Beirut...in Athens! (Vainity)
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| 07/20/06
| chgogal
Posted on 07/20/2006 7:23:35 AM PDT by Chgogal
"I'm out!!! Got out on the Orient Queen yesterday to Larnaca. Am now in Athens and will be in Chicago tonight. More then. Feel free to share this, as I don't have time to post yet. Got lots of pictures of the evacuation. And about half of the passengers WERE NOT U.S. Citizens!!! Lebanese nationals with Green cards and what all. My group were almost the ONLY people speaking English. It was sickening. MAKE THEM ALL PAY!!! They were treating it as a vacation cruise oblivious that their country is being destroyed. We were so mad we couldn't stand it. I'm still steaming . . . ."
TOPICS: Announcements; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aar; cypress; cyprus; evacuation; larnaca; lebanon; orientqueen; rebelyell2
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To: rebel_yell2
Glad you're home safe.
The reports on the evacuation have been quite impressive. Miraculously, we haven't lost a single American life over there.
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posted on
07/21/2006 1:22:22 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: rebel_yell2
Welcome back ... safe home!!! YAY and thank you, Lord. Anxiously awaiting your "vacation" report. Please put me on your ping list. Sleeeeeep ......
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posted on
07/21/2006 1:52:04 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: rebel_yell2
Welcome home pal....tell it like it is!
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posted on
07/21/2006 2:01:29 AM PDT
by
rrrod
To: Chgogal; rebel_yell2
"They were treating it as a vacation cruise oblivious that their country is being destroyed."
"They" and their cultures as taught to each generation have been responsible for such destruction in their own country more than once. Maybe Israel will clean it up enough this time, and Lebanese will take the initiative to keep it more that way. But I doubt it. As much as many of them try to conceal their sentiments to Americans, they are mostly an odd mixture of Islamists and the worst of old Europe.
rebel_yell2, it's good to see that you kept your cool and were extracted safe and sound. Welcome home.
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posted on
07/21/2006 2:22:14 AM PDT
by
familyop
(Essayons)
To: rebel_yell2
Welcome home rebel_yell2! So glad you've come home safely! You were in my prayers.
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posted on
07/21/2006 3:15:27 AM PDT
by
VirginiaMom
(abortion is NEVER an option!)
To: rebel_yell2
Woo Hoo!!! So happy to hear this fantastic news!
Was there still the 30 lb. limit on luggage? How much did you have to leave behind?
126
posted on
07/21/2006 5:02:51 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Rte66
Sounds like you'll have some good info to share!
127
posted on
07/21/2006 5:57:45 AM PDT
by
TaxRelief
(Wal-Mart: Keeping my family on-budget since 1993.)
To: Chgogal
And about half of the passengers WERE NOT U.S. Citizens!!! Lebanese nationals with Green cards and what all. My group were almost the ONLY people speaking English. It was sickening. Wow - glad you made it out & looking forward to the pics... You say half the passengers weren't US citizens? Odd, but that's something the MSM has missed. How could that be????
128
posted on
07/21/2006 6:02:32 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: rebel_yell2
Welcome Home! I'm so glad you're out. Hope that you get a GREAT night's sleep. Then I can't wait to see your pics.
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posted on
07/21/2006 6:08:35 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: rebel_yell2
130
posted on
07/21/2006 6:38:03 AM PDT
by
null and void
(It's a crazy world. Someone ought to sell tickets.)
To: Chgogal
131
posted on
07/21/2006 6:57:24 AM PDT
by
stevio
(Red-Blooded Crunchy Con American Male (NRA))
To: Lazamataz
132
posted on
07/21/2006 7:10:12 AM PDT
by
rewrite
To: rebel_yell2
I am glad you are back home!
Bump for rebel_yell2's pictures when he gets them up.
To: Chgogal
Alright! Have some retsina and moussaka for me!
To: Chgogal
Can't wait to hear the details and see the pix!!!! Welcome home, rebel_yell2!
Thanks Chgogal for posting this!
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posted on
07/21/2006 7:47:09 AM PDT
by
betty boop
(The universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. -J.B.S. Haldane)
Comment #137 Removed by Moderator
To: Chgogal
Welcome home, friend. We've all been tracking your safe arrival!
To: rebel_yell2
Whew.
Welcome home! Hope you're sleeping in:)
139
posted on
07/21/2006 8:41:32 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
Thanks to all of you. FR kept me sane during my "extended stay" in Beirut. I'm working on getting the photos ready and posted.
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