Will the Twitnuts Bark About Buses?


Scout Prime notes Jack Cafferty's remarks on the (sound familiar?) sloooow pace of evacuation for U.S. Nationals in Lebanon:

There are an estimated 25,000 Americans there and presumably a lot of them would like to leave. Good luck with that. Remember Katrina?

Cafferty also notes the, quite frankly, ugly, "pay for play" policy adopted by the State Department...but, then again, maybe that'll help pay for the extra guards along our, ahem, Mexican-but-not-Canadian border.

But I'm veering off topic...staying with the theme of "geez, this sounds eerily like New Orleans," Juan Cole posted an email he received from a friend in Beirut:

' The university has fuel (and power) for only 12 days; after that we will have a real crisis at the hospital which is already stressed with many wounded people. Refugees from the southern suburbs are now visible in Ras Beirut.

I spoke to X in Saida [Sidon]. The city is almost completely cut off, and it is flooded with refugees from the south. X is volunteering to help distribute food and clothing to these people who are now in schools and shelters. Food seems to be running low.

Last night there were many loud explosions in Beirut and the air was thick with smoke. Beirut is rife with rumors, conspiracy stories, and panic. But so far, there is absolutely no sign of Lebanese people turning on each other. While many are disturbed that Hezbollah's actions seem to have triggered this war, the brutality of the Israeli attack has united the country. People are speculating on what the endgame will be. '