I'm here visiting my sister who is a Freeper. She has been posting recently and I've been looking over her shoulder. I kicked her off because your latest post made my jaw drop.
I've followed your saga. I've been here since the Fourth of July weekend. I don't post much, because I live overseas. My husband works for a major multinational and his work often takes him to some very unsavory locales. I sometimes accompany him and sometimes I remain at our home in a relatively civilized foreign country. We don't have children and our way of life suits us. We had hoped to be able to return to the US and I in fact did move back about a year ago, but this fell through.
With this background, I must weigh in: your personal feelings about Israel are yours and I frankly don't care what they are. It's a free country (at least ours is) and you can think what you want. I'm not a rabid Israel supporter who thinks they can do no wrong, but I do know they are our ally and the presence of at least one sensible non-Muslim country in the Middle East is to our benefit.
But to blame Israel for your current plight is outrageous.
This is not about YOU, nor is it about the other 99,999 foreign nationals who are trapped in Lebanon. You are understandably worried and upset about your plight. But quit navel gazing and grow up. You're probably exhausted seeing as it's the wee hours of the morning there. It's the exact same time at my home overseas right now, so I know of what I speak.
I am sure my dear sister would post a prayer request for me, should the terrorists living in my adopted home town get restless and try to overthrow the government or if they were involved in a conflict such as this. I would be hoping to escape as well. But I would realize that I could just as easily make my home in the US if I wanted to play it safe and I am obviously choosing to live there. My husband chooses to work where and how he does. We are adults and we know the risks.
I wish you the best, but you are embarassing yourself with your hysterical, selfish rants against Israel. I repeat, IT"S NOT ABOUT YOU!!!
This is not "about me". It is about America's strongest ally preventing thousands of Americans from exiting a war zone, albeit one created by Hizbollah.
Don't you get this simple concept?
P.S. My "personal feelings about Israel" have been 100 percent supportive up to this issue. I was working in Jerusalem two weeks ago. I fully support the TOTAL elimination of Hizbollah (and their puppeteers in Tehran).