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 . . . ."
I look at it (the evacuation itself) from an outsiders point of view, and I would say that I agree with the State Department spokesman when he answered the question of why it was taking the U.S. so long to evacuate it's citizens. He simply said it takes time to effectively coordinate plans to evacuate 25,000 of your own citizens.
You're flat out wrong.
Freepers have complained about the State Department for years. Maybe you haven't been on those threads since your interests are quite different than mine.
These are some rather old threads discussing the State Department; some of which I've actually read.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643319/posts?page=710#710
What a good point and good catch. I hadn't caught onto that.
Well, now you're showing entirely too much common sense for some folks to understand. That is NOT permitted. LOL
Glad to hear you are on your way home.
Welcome home!
A nice well reasoned post. The important thing is that you and many other Americans are out of that warzone.
Pictures? I heard there were pix. Anybody here know where they might be?
Peach is right, I saw it the thread, and it was hot and heavy there for awhile. So glad you made it back unscathed (I've never been exactly sure what being "scathed" would entail, some sort of burn, I think, but I hope you weren't).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670573/posts
Here ya go :-)
Thanks for th info, Chgo.
Rebel Yell, welcome home! Good luck in your future overseas endeavors (if any). Register with that embassy if things are at all squirrely. No shame in that. False bravado will get you nowhere!!!
Great News! Glad to hear you're out!!
Welcome Home!
Gotta ask, Reb. What the hell were you doing in Lebanon?
Welcome Home Rebel!!!
PRAISE THE LORD!!!
Loving people have put yours and other's names before the Throne, and the Lord has answered! Praise the Lord again and welcome back home!!!
I am excited to see your photos! I bet they're wonderful! ;-)
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