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First DeSantis-ordered flight rescues nearly 300 Americans from Israel
Florida's Voice ^ | October 16, 2023 | Eric Daugherty

Posted on 10/16/2023 7:23:55 PM PDT by Golden Eagle

The first flight under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order to rescue Americans from Israel arrived Sunday night, bringing with it around 300 Americans.

The flight arrived in Tampa around 8 p.m. ET.

“There was a devoid of leadership, so we stepped up and led,” DeSantis said in a video at the airport.

DeSantis thanked Project Dynamo for helping rescue the citizens from the war-ridden region after Hamas launched brutal terror attacks on Israel. Project Dynamo says it conducts operations “where the U.S. government lacks access or a presence” to rescue “vulnerable populations.” It is a Veteran-led nonprofit.

DeSantis signed the emergency executive order last Thursday.

“We will not leave our residents behind,” DeSantis said Thursday. “To the many Floridians who are stuck in Israel, trying to get home — help is on the way.”

(Excerpt) Read more at flvoicenews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: dds; desantis; deswamptis; florida; israel; nonprofits; projectdynamo
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To: Reverend Wright
Underestimating your enemies and pretending they are stupid and hopeless is Step One which ends up where you get your ass handed to you

isn't that the way you Russian stooges treat Ukraine?

lol


61 posted on 10/17/2023 2:35:42 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: Spktyr

From Wiki
Its range with full payload is 3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km; 4,430 mi)


62 posted on 10/17/2023 2:45:00 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: livius

The headlines on these reports are sensationalist nonsense. These people weren’t “rescued.” There was no imminent danger to them. They simply got stranded when airlines canceled flights to and from Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks.


63 posted on 10/17/2023 3:31:44 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: canuck_conservative

No. But the hype prior to the start of the Counter Offensive had strong elements of dismissing the Russians as stupid and hopeless.


64 posted on 10/17/2023 3:35:20 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

“why didnt trump do this”

Why don’t people capitalize and punctuate correctly?

What authority does PDJT have to evacuate citizens from another country? Oh, he could’ve done it back when he had the authority as POTUS, but IT HADN’T HAPPENED YET.

Ever notice how the Trump bashers on this forum leave a lot to be desired when it comes to I.Q. and logic?


65 posted on 10/17/2023 4:16:44 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Did he not say Hezbollah was ‘very smart.’? Did he not criticize Netanyahu?”

“Yes” to both.

Hezbollah IS very smart, the same way Satan is very smart.

Netanyahu deserved righteous criticism.


66 posted on 10/17/2023 4:20:56 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: pnz1

I don’t get why Americans would travel on purpose to ANY part of the world that has been, and is, rife with unrest and frequent wars. If they do, then it’s up to them to get out. Why should taxpayers, fed or state, foot the bill?


67 posted on 10/17/2023 4:26:27 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Reverend Wright

actually, the answer is yes

cuz it explains why Russia keeps getting their asses handed to them


68 posted on 10/17/2023 4:32:35 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: Golden Eagle
These are reasons that the 10th Amendment needs to be studied again, taught again, pressed as ever valid, and acted upon by the states. States need to be able to secure their own borders when, as it is under Mayorkas, there is a literal invasion---a federal government-sanctioned, promoted, and welcomed invasion.

I listened to Mayorkas NOT answering senators during oversight hearings in the past few days (I wasn't sure of the exact day of the video I was watching) and know as never before---well, I have known it for years---but never as I know now----that we have no borders nor security at all under the Biden administration.

We are just about as vulnerable as Israel with, unquestionably, enemies plotting more viciously than ever to embed themselves within our borders.

God bless any and every state governor who will look upon his or her state as a nation and serve, in effect, as its president, while we do not have a federal government that will recognize the states, and will not protect national borders. 10the AMENDMENT !!! -----And also repeal the 17th (Okay, different subject, but while we're at trying to keep a Republic . . . .)

69 posted on 10/17/2023 4:35:25 AM PDT by John Leland 1789
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To: Golden Eagle

Watching local Miami media the last two or three days, you would barely know RDS engaged.

His work to help Floridians stuck in Israel has been noted but almost always wrapped in a barrage of hurried reports about some smaller efforts.

They bury his good work, just like last year after the hurricane. The guy got bridges rebuilt and relief in record time after the disaster...but the media in Florida hates DeSantis, so they barely reported the fact that he was the one who spearheaded the efficiency.


70 posted on 10/17/2023 4:35:43 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Golden Eagle; Joe Brower

Florida news.


71 posted on 10/17/2023 4:36:23 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Responsibility2nd
Trump was too busy criticizing Netanyahu and stating how smart Hezbollah is.

I see you are following the main stream media narrative, you learned well comrade. You are probably too lazy to listen to the entire comment made by Trump, in context.

72 posted on 10/17/2023 5:10:20 AM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: Golden Eagle

Yale College and Harvard Law.

Asking to much for him to know that “devoid” is not a noun?


73 posted on 10/17/2023 5:21:45 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DrewsMum

“you think he’s too dumb to articulate what he means”

Say what you want about President Trump but nobody would truly think that he cannot articulate. Sometimes depending on the reaction of the media someone needs to come out and explain what President Trump really meant so they can just move on to another story.


74 posted on 10/17/2023 5:34:03 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

By what authority ?. duh


75 posted on 10/17/2023 8:23:10 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: jpsb

NYC to Tel Aviv, airport to airport, is 5660 miles. Bit of a problem there...


76 posted on 10/17/2023 11:45:22 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: jpsb

It’s a good thing that G-d made the Azor Islands. I know I stopped there when flying from Camp Lejune to Greece back in the day.


77 posted on 10/18/2023 4:18:57 AM PDT by jpsb
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