US didnt think or care about our own people when "planning" this? Shocking.
I do hope they find a way out...
Not a part of the leadership's plan. Now if we were made of crude oil, we'd be carefully extracted.
I would assume it's part of the plan.
Getting Americans killed can be turned into maga propaganda quite easily. It's not like the cult members are going to blame Trump.
The impression I've been getting is that there wasn't any time to make a plan anyway. I mean, even if there had been time, I doubt this group of geniuses would have been able to put together anything coherent , but it seems to me as though US negotiators were getting close to a good peace deal, Israel got wind of it, decided to literally bomb it, and this admin is too fascist and spineless to refuse to follow Israel into a war of aggression.
So, yeah, not that there would have been a good plan anyway, but I think this was almost as much of a surprise to the admin as it was to the rest of us.
BuT hEr EmAiLs
To be fair, Israel fired the first shots when they learned about a gathering of high profile diplomats who could all be murdered together. They did the schoolgirls at the same time just because that’s how Israelis roll.
It seems like the US didn’t anticipate things popping off at this somewhat earlier than expected juncture. But also, that US leadership doesn’t really give a shit how many American lives are lost fighting Israel’s wars for them, so there’s that too.
They probably thought there's only one guy that can order the retaliation and killing him will end the conflict and… Yea, no, they thought they were playing CoD. Who cares when NPCs dies anyway?
They did. They just don't care.
Remember Benghazi?
While there were some light moments about the former secretary of state’s sleeping habits and legal fees, much of the day was dedicated to examining the circumstances surrounding the attacks on the American compound in Libya, her email practices and, of course, the real intentions of the investigation.
Maybe I'm showing my ignorance here, but isn't that like one of their major responsibilities?
US Embassies exist to protect the *people of the US in foreign settings.
*people as defined by Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
Corpos only
"Corporations are people too, my friend." - Mitt Romney
I lived in Saudi Arabia pre 9-11, and when Sadaam was getting Scudsy, they had people come from the embassy that gave my parents a card with instructions on what to do if there was a war. Part of that was a phone number where they could call anywhere in the country, and if you couldn't follow the instructions they'd send someone to collect you.
Man this is fucking pathetic seeing our government this fucking incompetent.
If competent people in so many departments got purged, can we still call this incompetent? I think it's about time we move over to malice.
I 1000% believe that it's malice, unfortunately.
State department can't always evacuate everyone. Can't spend the big bucks doing an extraction on every American because one building got hit. When the region was getting hot in 2021, state department had like five five-seater jump planes in the area to do everything.
Now you've got hundreds of people getting squirrelly and demanding a flight now when the airspace is not looking great.
There's other ways to evac people than just planes. I was just a kid when my story above happened. But my dad asked that very thing 'is it safe to fly if there's scuds in the air?' and they said that had multiple ways to get people to safety.
Trapped Americans getting whoopsie-killed as shit all over the place gets blown up? That sounds like a great justification for throwing more money and lives at attacking the Epstein Files-- I mean, Iran.
Honestly I would be more surprised if it were simply a gutted and incompetent goverment, rather than intentional.
Them files gotta be a whole lot fucking worse than we think given the lengths they're going to distract people.
Look at the years that were witheld...
Do you happen to know the source for that infographic? I'd like to look deeper myself: 1999-2001 have Trump written all over them, even if only by inference, given the admitted dates of their "friendship" (if it ever ended at all).
Yeah I've deliberately put off fact checking and repeating that to be quite honest. The murmurs of the Internet were finally starting to unify against the rich. And to shut us up a possible runaway war was started. Everything is truly fucked.
The files are videos, apparently. Some folks around here keep posting the very large size of the seized trove, and it is a little shocking to think there would be that many .pdf files adding up to the total.
US embassies in Jerusalem and Qatar issued statements on Tuesday saying they could not help Americans leave the Middle East.
CORRECTION: US embassies in Jerusalem and Qatar issues statements on Tuesday saying they have CHOSEN NOT TO HELP Americans leave the Middle East.
~~Can't~~ Won't
They're too busy helping israel, soz.
No one is left behind 🤡
😆😅🤣!!!
What were they doing in a war zone?
I think it's usually people with dual citizenship and Qatar wasnt a war zone until we made it that way.
It wasn't a war zone until we attacked Iran…
Could not or would not
This regime probably thinks you don't deserve help if you chose to leave the Untied States
They adminstration that left people in Afghanistan dealing of the worst withdrawal of all time, happy to support a genocide, launching an illegal war, killing and imprisoning its own citizens and run by a pedo rapist will never care about anyone.
They can't even be bothered to take care of Americans at home. Why would they waste resources on anyone living abroad?
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