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This all happened rather rapidly. But yes, good points. One wonders why medical students did not get the hell out of Georgetown in Grenada when Maurice Bishop's New Jewel Movement took over and started showing its Marxist-Leninist face. Nope. They had to stay at their medical studies at the college and then later got stuck and had to be rescued by most benevolent, kick-ass US Marines. Things move quickly, what can I tell you.

There may also be American tourists at this moment in Pyongyang of all places--believe it or not--having gone there on British and Australian arranged tour programs. What a mess. They will have no diplomatic assistance (save for the Swedes) whatsoever...if this breaks down into shooting. You would have to be an idiot to go up there anyways, outside of being a journalist if you ask me, and even THAT would be risky. Like walking into the belly of a hungry tiger.