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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 - 12:00am Abandoned in New Orleans, Abandoned in Lebanon Where, oh where is the U.S. government? The French, British, and Italians evacuated their citizens from Beirut days ago, but the most powerful nation in the world still has their people trapped in a war zone. Much like the Katrina tragedy in New Orleans, America is failing again at logistics. Other countries don't seem to have any problems, but the U.S. government can't seem to get their act together. The U.S. is chartering a cruise ship to take Americans out of Lebanon, but as of this writing, they had only taken 350 of their citizens out of the country. To make matters worse, the U.S. government wanted these people to pay to get out. They changed their mind a few hours ago, but only under intense media pressure. If you didn't figure it out from Katrina, you should know now that you can't count on the government in an emergency situation. In the past, the American government was always the first to respond in situations like this, but today they seem to be in disarray. While American-made bombs continue to destroy Beirut, 25,000 Americans remain in the country. Israel has already killed eight Canadian civilians. It is only a matter of time before one of their bombs kills an American. But don't worry, it's just 'collateral damage.'
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