I heard a little about this too. But my understanding is that there are many, many holders of passports for both US and Lebanon and the story I heard implied that those doing the complaining about the U.S. not rescuing them, and demanding the U.S. do so, are not tourists, but Arabs with U.S. passports that have been living in Lebanon for years and years. That's perhaps why you don't hear 'pride' about being 'American', but demands and use of Arab Associations to assist.
Thank you. It also may explain something else I read recently. I read a book from the Palestinian Christian perspective and one of their complaints was that Israel did not respect American passports. I thought their complaint had merit, but now I begin to understand why Israel may not value them...
Am I figuring this right......Rebel's last post 8 hrs ago?
Posted by rebel_yell2 to Vn_survivor_67-68
On News/Activism 07/17/2006 1:24:17 AM EDT
Hopefully, getting some rest, or better yet, rescue.