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Just a quick two cents - been reading this thread off and on. The Beruit Freeper. I'm assuming his only TV news coming from CNNi and BBC slant had to add to his fear and frustration - he may not have been himself no matter how many FReepers were trying to assure him the Marines were coming. I, for one, will give him the benefit of doubt. If anyone has ever been overseas with only those two English speaking networks then (in my best Hillary voice) you know what I'm talking about. We each think we know what we would do and say in his situation - hope to God we never have to truly know. Godspeed to him and any and all GOOD Americans trying to get out of that 'ellhole.

[Peach]

I do KNOW what you're talking about. LOL. Good points.

And that's my only point. Not only supporting a freeper in a war zone but also condemning those freepers who have outright mischaracterized his statements.

[Elyse]

The Beruit Freeper. I'm assuming his only TV news coming from CNNi and BBC slant had to add to his fear and frustration - he may not have been himself no matter how many FReepers were trying to assure him the Marines were coming

This is a very good point. I live overseas and all I get are CNN International and the BBC news. You can't assume that even if someone is in Lebanon that they really know what the whole story is on the things that are going on around them.

rebel stated that he had made a mistake by not registering with the US embassy. I think that most of the people who are complaining that the US authorities were not in touch with them were people that had not registered. I've read articles from people who were registered and who said they were recieving communication(they didn't necessarily like what they were hearing, but they were getting communication).

Living overseas, I've thought about what I'd do in a situation like this and I think I know how I'd act if a TV camera was shoved in my face or if I was just posting about my situation on FR, but I really don't know how I would act if I was in the middle of a dire situation.

Anyway, my point is that just like during the Katrina aftermath, you can't take what people in the middle of the situation are saying as proof of anything. People who are scared, do not always have the clearest thoughts and it's human nature to look for someone to blame when the crap hits the fan and the fan is aimed at you.