US Embassy in Libya Evacuated!

[Jackson]

US Embassy in Libya Evacuated!

ya evacuatedThe United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias, the State Department said.

"Securing our facilities and ensuring the safety of our personnel are top department priorities, and we did not make this decision lightly," Harf said. "Security has to come first. Regrettably, we had to take this step because the location of our embassy is in very close proximity to intense fighting and ongoing violence between armed Libyan factions."

The evacuation was accompanied by the release of a new State Department travel warning for Libya urging Americans not to go to the country and recommending that those already there leave immediately.

US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes in Tripoli | Fox News

Obama is learning from Benghazi. But shouldn't he be thinking about the American citizens in Libya and escorting them out? He's leaving them to their own devices, it appears.

 

[DriftingSand]

Good. We need to evacuate all of our embassies in the Mideast.

 

[USNavyVet]

US Embassy in Libya Evacuated!

ya evacuatedThe United States shut down its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort amid a significant deterioration in security in Tripoli as fighting intensified between rival militias, the State Department said.

"Securing our facilities and ensuring the safety of our personnel are top department priorities, and we did not make this decision lightly," Harf said. "Security has to come first. Regrettably, we had to take this step because the location of our embassy is in very close proximity to intense fighting and ongoing violence between armed Libyan factions."

The evacuation was accompanied by the release of a new State Department travel warning for Libya urging Americans not to go to the country and recommending that those already there leave immediately.

US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes in Tripoli | Fox News

Obama is learning from Benghazi. But shouldn't he be thinking about the American citizens in Libya and escorting them out? He's leaving them to their own devices, it appears.

Another Obama fiasco.

 

[Jackson]

Good. We need to evacuate all of our embassies in the Mideast.

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

 

[Avatar4321]

I don't see how evacuating the embassies and warning citizens to stay out of Libya is an Obama fiasco. Of the danger level is that serious, this is precisely what they should be doing.

 

[Jackson]

I don't see how evacuating the embassies and warning citizens to stay out of Libya is an Obama fiasco. Of the danger level is that serious, this is precisely what they should be doing.

Avatar, shouldn't our government be helping our citizens in that country get out?

 

[NotfooledbyW]

Another Obama fiasco.

What makes this an Obama fiasco?

 

[Rozman]

Did someone put out another crappy video on youTube again?

 

[R.C. Christian]

It's a fiasco because we, with a little help from NATO, left a massive power vacuum that was never filled when we illegally executed Momar Q. So now the savages are on the loose. They need dictators.

Hillary was so excited about her little hit job on TV. Probably the first orgasm she's had in years.

If you're a leader of a country on the fringes, and you hug Obama or shake his hand then you're likely to get whacked.

 

[DriftingSand]

Good. We need to evacuate all of our embassies in the Mideast.

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

I see your point but why on earth would an American citizen want to hang out in that part of the world? Whatever the case may be, closing the Libyan Embassy may be the best idea as long as we're under the weak and irresponsible Obama regime. Hopefully we can return to some sense of normalcy when he vacates the White House (I won't cross my fingers though).

 

[DriftingSand]

It's a fiasco because we, with a little help from NATO, left a massive power vacuum that was never filled when we illegally executed Momar Q. So now the savages are on the loose. They need dictators.

Hillary was so excited about her little hit job on TV. Probably the first orgasm she's had in years.

If you're a leader of a country on the fringes, and you hug Obama or shake his hand then you're likely to get whacked.

Gaddafi was assassinated because he was about to dump the almighty, U.S. Dollar. How can we allow other nations an inch of sovereignty as long as the Dollar-god rules the globe?

 

[Pheonixops]

Good. We need to evacuate all of our embassies in the Mideast.

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

How many American citizens are there right now?

 

[shart_attack]

Another Obama fiasco.

What makes this an Obama fiasco?

Ummm, because it's happening on his watch, maybe — ya think?!?!?

Duh.

 

[Peach]

Good. We need to evacuate all of our embassies in the Mideast.

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

How many American citizens are there right now?

Few, and the unrest began right after the US invasion of Iraq.

 

[shart_attack]

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

How many American citizens are there right now?

Few, and the unrest began right after the US invasion of Iraq.

Even ONE American is too many.

 

[Pheonixops]

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

How many American citizens are there right now?

Few, and the unrest began right after the US invasion of Iraq.

Thank you, I agree. The fact is that they did advise Americans there to leave immediately. If there are Americans who are there that didn't heed the State Department's advice, that's on them and not the State Department.

"The State Department also issued a travel warning for Libya urging Americans not to go to the country and recommending that those already there leave immediately.".

In short, it's not like the American citizens there were "hung out to dry" or forgotten about, contrary to the assertions some people seem to be making.

 

[Sallow]

It's a fiasco because we, with a little help from NATO, left a massive power vacuum that was never filled when we illegally executed Momar Q. So now the savages are on the loose. They need dictators.

Hillary was so excited about her little hit job on TV. Probably the first orgasm she's had in years.

If you're a leader of a country on the fringes, and you hug Obama or shake his hand then you're likely to get whacked.

Gaddafi was assassinated because he was about to dump the almighty, U.S. Dollar. How can we allow other nations an inch of sovereignty as long as the Dollar-god rules the globe?

Gaddafi planned, financed and ordered the bombing of a plane over Lockerbie, Scotland that was filled with American passengers.

Reagan, Bush, Bush II looked the other way.

Obama?

Not so much.

Gaddafi got a well earned dirt nap that should have happened decades ago.

 

[Jackson]

Good. We need to evacuate all of our embassies in the Mideast.

I can see your reasoning for doing that, especially after Benghazi, but one of their purposes is to aid American citizens in that country. Where would citizens go when in the country if they needed help, as they do now?

How many American citizens are there right now?

I don't know. The administration just advised them to get out instead of making planes available to them to help them get out which is what has happened in the past.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I don't see how evacuating the embassies and warning citizens to stay out of Libya is an Obama fiasco. Of the danger level is that serious, this is precisely what they should be doing.

Consider the fact that it wouldn't be necessary if Obama hadn't bombed Qaddafi out of office and you might see a glimmer of a fiasco.

 

[Sallow]

I don't see how evacuating the embassies and warning citizens to stay out of Libya is an Obama fiasco. Of the danger level is that serious, this is precisely what they should be doing.

Consider the fact that it wouldn't be necessary if Obama hadn't bombed Qaddafi out of office and you might see a glimmer of a fiasco.

Morning the loss of a terrorist?

Really?