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2006-07-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-21 00:39|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If Ameica went in and pulled every filipino out the government would bitch that we did not pull them first. That country sell their people for near slave labor, human services is their #1 export, and then begs for help when trouble arrives. Leave them there, make arroyo responsible for her own. Rememder how they cut and run from Iraq over one hostage.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-07-21 07:38|| 2006-07-21 07:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Some Asian governments are evacuating just fine

Foreigners of mainly Indian nationality queue up next to the INS Mumbai, as they wait to be evacuated at the Beirut port
The evacuees are being ferried to Larnaca in Cyprus by INS Mumbai, which reached the Beirut port earlier in the day as part of the mission -- 'Operation Sukoon'. After reaching Larnaca tomorrow morning, they will be airlifted to India by special flights of Air India. Two more warships -- INS Shakti and INS Betwa -- are near the Beirut port and will enter the harbour one by one to rescue about 12,000 Indians living in Lebanon.

Posted by john 2006-07-21 09:08|| 2006-07-21 09:08|| Front Page Top

#3 anybody in Lebanon, knowing it was on the frontlines of a war zone, should STFU and quit bitching cuz their ass isn't being pulled from the fire fast enough. Has Hezbollah been a secret? No. Has the Syrian/Lebanese conflict been a secret? No.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-21 09:24|| 2006-07-21 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 and the Toronto Sun lets us hear from the grateful "Canadian" lebanese evacuated yesterday:

LARNACA, Cyprus -- The first group of Canadian evacuees fleeing war-torn Lebanon began the day on a hellish boat ride marked by seasickness, sunstroke and dehydration -- and they ended it aboard the prime minister's plane.

About 260 weary evacuees disembarked yesterday from the Blue Dawn, with passengers describing the trip across the eastern Mediterranean as difficult -- without air conditioning, adequate water and provisions for the ill.

"It was hell,"cried one woman, wheeling her baby away from the boat in a stroller.

"Everybody was vomiting on everybody," said Caroline Nohra of Montreal. "It was very miserable. The kids were scared, screaming, panicking."

But the owners of the boat clear up a few things..
Ian Wilson, engineering consultant to the owner of the ship, denied that the ride was out of the ordinary. He said people get seasick on every ride, especially those who ride boats for the first time.

The Canadian government didn't put enough water on the boat, which has air conditioning, Wilson said, but passengers kept opening the windows.

Whining muslims, right through the rescue. Appalling. Should've left them there. Same whining women flew back to Canada on Harper's plane - still bitchin'.

I say leave the remaining 49,000 in southern Lebanon where they are. Most haven't been in Canada in decades. Canadians of convenience. It's not convenient to come get your Hezb-loving asses.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-07-21 10:03|| 2006-07-21 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think we should be responsible for paying for the exit of dual-nationals unless they can prove they have a residence in the USA and were just visiting. People make a choice to keep dual nationality.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-21 10:57|| 2006-07-21 10:57|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not just me then, questioning the nationalilty of these "evacuees" the abilty to speak fluent english/hindi/spanish whatever! and a single nationality passport should be a prerequisite.

Posted by pihkalbadger 2006-07-21 14:26|| 2006-07-21 14:26|| Front Page Top

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