Incredibly, reports such as one
from The Gateway Pundit, indicate that the U.S. State Department’s
Consular Affairs Crisis Management System (CACMS) is demanding that U.S.
citizens wishing to flee war-torn Israel sign promissory
notes as a precondition for any assistance in evacuating
from the volatile region.
An email sent to Americans stranded in the tiny Middle Eastern
nation stated that the U.S. government would offer loans for transportation with
a promise of repayment.
According to The Gateway Pundit, the email read:
The
situation in Israel is still unpredictable; mortar and rocket fire may take
place without warning. Please continue to follow the instructions of security
and emergency response officials. Commercial flights are available but limited.
If you wish to leave Israel, we encourage you to take advantage of those
options now. U.S. carriers have temporarily suspended flights to Israel, if you
choose to depart, you will need to fly to an intermediate location and book
onward travel from there to the United States.
We understand there is high demand from U.S. citizens
wishing to depart and the flight options are reduced. In the coming days we
hope to assist U.S. citizens with transportation options to depart Israel. Due
to the large numbers of U.S. citizens indicating interest in departure
assistance, we will plan to offer transit over several days. If you choose to
take this departure assistance, transportation may be by air or sea and will be
to a nearby safe location and not to the United States. Travelers should be
prepared to arrange their own lodging at the safe location and pay for their
own onward travel from the third country to their chosen destination. Departure
assistance is provided via a loan from the U.S. government which requires
travelers to sign a promissory note (an agreement to repay) prior to departure.
Yitz Friedman, communications manager at the American
Accountability Foundation (and trapped in Israel at the time), authored a post
on ‘X’ stating: “Is
this what it means to be an American abroad? Almost all American airlines
received taxpayer bailouts, and they were the first to abandon us. They were
the first to cancel all flights.”
The Biden administration is making
a habit of leaving Americans stranded. In Afghanistan. And now in Israel. (One
could add other places, as well, perhaps ironically—and eerily—including East Palestine,
Ohio.)
It’s bad enough that U.S. airlines bailed. But Uncle
Sam making citizens legally pledge to pay back any financial assistance before agreeing
to help get them out seems beyond the pale. So, if you are stuck in Israel, go
ahead and try to arrange travel to a “third country” and lodging (Americinn?)
for your stay. Then pay for your “onward travel” to a destination of your
choice, maybe even the United States. Your government might even help you,
providing your good for it.
Now I’m not big on government spending, but, as Biden
would say, “C’mon, man!” The Biden administrations flies illegal immigrants all
over the country gratis. And puts them up in nice hotels. And gives them
various and sundry other freebies. It excuses student debt. It handed out
“free” COVID money. And crack pipes to addicts. It has given countless billions
of dollars to Ukraine…and countless billions of dollars worth of military
equipment to the Taliban…some of which may have been used against Israel in the
recent Hamas attacks which led to Americans needing to vacate the Promised land
in the first place. And Biden insisted on giving $6 billion to Iran, the state
sponsor of Hamas! You can’t make this stuff up.
Therefore, one would logically expect the government
to do its citizens a solid, as they say.
So, come on, Uncle Sam, bring your people home. And
worry about the greenbacks later.
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