On the one hand, I'm tempted to go WTF. Isn't this sort of government help par for the course for citizens? I mean, isn't it obligated to protect its citizens in deteriorating conditions such as this and not have them foot the bill for things out of their control?
Then again, you could easily view this as a tax on people for being so fucking dumb that they went to the Middle East in the first place.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Maradon!'s unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
If it's a choice between them footing the bill or all of us, it seems pretty obvious to me.
You don't find it odd that we pay way more money to keep non-American citizens in other countries safe, yet when it comes to protecting our own, we make them pay up?
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Maradon! thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
If it's a choice between them footing the bill or all of us, it seems pretty obvious to me.
I'd much rather my tax money went to helping American citizens who got stuck in the middle of a warzone get home safetly than buying some piece of shit drug dealer his fourth car because he's cheating the welfare system.
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As the nuclear device detonated, President Maradon! was quoted to say:If it's a choice between them footing the bill or all of us, it seems pretty obvious to me.
Hey, yeah!
It is indeed obvious that it should come from the American public purse, rather than a few suffering Americans stranded in a wartorn country. Pvednes fucked around with this message on 07-19-2006 at 10:32 AM.
This ticks me off too, but I am not really surprised 
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Led had this to say about Cuba:
[QB]Military even makes the people enlisted in it pay for an outrageous amount of junk./QB]
Like what?
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
Also, I have a dim view of people so stupid as to go to the middle east in the middle of such unrest without a compelling reason. And the only compelling reasons I can think of involve military personnel or civillian contractors.
My squadron may be doing rescue ops to Beirut. And I will be unbelievably pissed if my fellow personnel are treated the same way as they were when we flew to New Orleans to assist with the hurricane evacs.
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Azakias got a whole lot of nerve:
Its a matter of policy. These people were going to leave Lebanon on their own in any case, had the bombing not happened.Also, I have a dim view of people so stupid as to go to the middle east in the middle of such unrest without a compelling reason. And the only compelling reasons I can think of involve military personnel or civillian contractors.
My squadron may be doing rescue ops to Beirut. And I will be unbelievably pissed if my fellow personnel are treated the same way as they were when we flew to New Orleans to assist with the hurricane evacs.
It's summer time and Lebanese Americans probably have family in Lebanon.
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Liam spewed forth this undeniable truth:
It's summer time and Lebanese Americans probably have family in Lebanon.
I hold family in high regard. However, I wouldnt enter an area that had been flagged as a hazard zone for warlike activities (the middle east in general) for a visit. I sure as hell wouldnt brings my kids and/or spouse.
