“A person I met long ago had the same experience when evacuating from Iran after the Shah fell.”
Sickening, makes one want to get a second passport just for that. Is it really THAT HARD to first evacuate everyone to safety and ONLY then for the government to go after them for money, if they were warned beforehand?
I mean, let’s be serious, the Federal Government has the IRS, for starters, that can collect money if an American put himself at risk after being warned. It’s not hard for them to get money, or force people to pay up, should they choose. But MANY AMERICANS get trapped through no fault of their own - should they be punished? In the US, I guess so.