George, pretend our people in Lebanon are the Bin Laden family after 9/11

[elehhhhna]

They'll get a mil escort out of there, pronto.

[tabasco]

1. For half a trillion dollars a year ...

I expect a little more than a quagmire and profiteering.

I expect this Nation to protect its citizens, not just citizens of Saudi Arabia.

[Crazy Dave]

2. That and say they're over there to evade paying US taxes

The IRS will use any and all means to get them out of there so they can throw them in prison. But if you make over 200k a year you get a "gimme" just like here at home.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. All you have to do is be an ultra-rich business partner of the ..

Bush family and no amount of taxpayer money will be spared for your comfort and safety.

[Totally Committed]

4. My guess is -- and it is only a guess -- that the Bin Ladens

piad $$$PLENTY$$$ for that plane-ride out of the states. That's probably where the Bushies got the brilliant idea of raising $$$$ from people in immediate distress and desperate to get out of a place.

Now, the members of the Saudi Royal Family... that's a different story. My guess is they didn't have to pay diddly-squat for their fighter-jet-escorted flight out of US airspace on 9/11. They're "family". :sarcasm:

TC

[elehhhhna]

5. I LOVE the part where they refused to leave Lexington KY

until after they'd bought what they wanted at the annual Arabian Horse auction. Heckuvajob Brownie probably helped them wi dat.