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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 03:59 PM Original message |
Americans evacuated from Lebanon (21, remainder "sit tight") |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. They have evacuated 21 people out of 25,000. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Let's be fair; that's just a start |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But France and Italy have already begun. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They don't have nearly as much geography to deal with (nt) |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It is a start but what do you mean, not nearly as much geography?nt |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. We have military bases all over the world. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. okay I will be fair |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Bicycle instead of birthday cake this time. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. IT WILL COME TO THIS |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. It would take less time if most of the runways didn't have bomb craters... |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. I wonder who the lucky 21 are? |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. On the other hand, maybe Bush* and the Neocons can show us |
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Henny Penny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 03:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. The Israelis blowing up the bridges etc can't be helping! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Israeli air raids, retaliating for Hizbollah rocket attacks,..." |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. flashbacks to Katrina, sit tight, you'll be fine |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. The 21 "important people" are now safe, so let the rest |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. really - that was my thought, also - just who are those "21" |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The answer is YES ===> embassy staff |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. relatives of bin Laden... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. more from article: (dialysis patients, Osama?) |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Can you imagine? |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I suppose they will have to find another place to stash him |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No Joke ... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 04:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Oh, you're right! Maybe they'll just have to destroy the Osama-tron? |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. The White House needs to have Americans killed so then we can |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. How the hell can we support yet another war? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Pull the troops not in Iraq for a "quick short term" war |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. We can't support another war, but that isn't stopping the White House |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Let the Green Zone implode, dead journalists, at the same time. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Chimp's peope need Hezbollah to be the new Al Queda... |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. could we have 24,979 cia/military |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Spies? In Lebanon??????? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. ok. If the french are using ferries, why doesn't the US use ferries? |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The White House gang wants dead Americans so they can have |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Full-scale evacuations will not start until this Wednesday |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. seriously? |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yep - they had a Consular Officer on from the U.S. Consulate in Beirut |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Hahaha, 25 thousand people to evacuate and they couldn't even handle |
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Penndems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Here's a link to the State Department's Lebanon Situation Update |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. US Evacuates Medical Cases (and non-essential Embassy staff) From Lebanon |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. REDUX |
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Rumach (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 02:23 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. "Non-essential Personnel?" |
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