Another half-assed effort by Bush & Co...the Lebanon evacuation

[KeepItReal]

From CNN: A grand total of 6 helicopters, one chartered ($$ cha-ching!!) cruise ship, and ONE Navy vessel to guard said cruise ship. WTF??

There are 3 Marine baby carriers (with dozens of helicopters and amphibious landing craft) in the Red Sea...but they are not being sent straight in unless conditions warrant???

So these Americans wait in peril for their "rescue" by Bush & Co... And oh yeah, they better bring their American Express cards, because Bush & Co. are gonna make them pay for their own rescue.

"The main U.S. evacuation plan involves a Pentagon-contracted cruise ship, the Orient Queen, due to arrive in Lebanon Tuesday to ferry passengers to Cyprus. The ship can carry an estimated 750 evacuees for the 5-hour trip. Defense officials said other private ships are likely to be contracted, as well.

American citizens have been told to wait for a telephone call that could come in hours -- or days. They've also been told that they can't board the ship unless they've signed a contract agreeing to pay the U.S. government back for the price of their evacuation.

The rules have chafed many Americans who are already fatigued and nervous after days of explosions. "I'm freaked out that our government is treating us this way," snapped a Rutgers student who had been studying Arabic at the American University of Beirut. She declined to give her name for fear that she'd be taken off the passenger list in retribution for criticizing the American evacuation.

"Are we a third world country, or what?" she said."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-evacuate18jul18,0,4382034.story?coll=la-home-headlines


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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. "Are we a third world country, or what?" she said."

Not quite, but we are governed by banana Republicans.

[pitohui]

2. of course we're a third world country

we're just the northerly part of banana republicstan, hell, i grow bananas in my yard


we are not any more equal than any other animal in the barnyard, we just entertain fantasies

[MrTriumph]

3. Or is the evac. DELIBERATELY slow, to give Hezbollah targets?

What better reason to put US troops into combat in Lebanon than US citizens to be attacked during evacuation?

Other countries with far less means are getting their citizens out NOW. The US delay is making bait of US citizens. US political pundits are brain dead if they can't see the set up.

[MrTriumph]

5. And Condi will say, "We had NO idea we'd ever have to evacuate

And Condi will say, "We had NO idea we'd ever have to evacuate Americans from a Middle east country!"

Get the lie-ometer out. Condi will knock the needle into the red zone.

[cantstandbush]

4. International and domestic (Katrina) incomeptence.

When will this nation wake up and vote the incompetents and warmongers out of office?

[spanone]

6. and now on CNN reporting people will be charged for evacs. WTF?

If you don't have the cash you can sign a promisory note. 9 BILLION a week in Iraq and we have to charge admission to leave a dangerous country. Jeeeeezuz.