Don't worry, they flew the important people out on a private jet:

"The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.

Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dog-walker Sarah Daither, and former lobbyist Jay Footlik were among six who managed to flee on a plane chartered by the former after US strikes on Iran unleashed chaos in the region."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15610059/white-house-maga-influencers-flee-middle-east-private-jet.html

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Anonymous wrote:Classic DCUM “the victim should have know better” trope.

None of this should be happening.

Also, all the people saying “read the room” seem to forget that Trump has been going back and forth (and back and forth) about whether to engage in conflict. It’s not easy to just pack up and leave for months on end under that kind of uncertainty. Remember, many of these people LIVE and WORK in these countries, so it’s not like you can just pack up and stay in a hotel in the U.S. for months and months on the *idea* that Trump *might* invade Iran. Most people (US Embassy families included) wait until the last minute.

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Anonymous wrote:There don’t appear to be an evacuations planned. I think people are on their own.

Yikes.

They should have been prepping for this when they issued ordered/authorized departures for family members and non-essential personnel drawdown.

The fact that this is quickly spiraling into a regional conflict is going to make departing really difficult, if not impossible.

They didn't issue authorized or ordered departure for family members and non essential personnel in most of these countries until yesterday or so (the days are blurring together), it was certainly after events had begun.

Americans in Iran were told to leave as early as Jan. 13.
https://ir.usembassy.gov/iran-security-alert-americans-should-leave-iran-now-january-13-2026/

Lebanon: Feb. 23
https://lb.usembassy.gov/travel-advisory-update-ordered-departure-of-non-emergency-u-s-government-personnel-and-family-members-of-personnel-from-u-s-mission-lebanon/

Anonymous wrote:I mean, several of these countries were already under level 3 and 4 warnings. I mean, come on. Yemen? Gaza? It seems weird to lump them in like it’s newly dangerous to be there.

+1

Also, I will note there is a difference between authorized and ordered departure for family members and non-essential personnel. Authorized means you can leave, ordered means you have to leave. Both are unusual, but not rare, and for Israel, with the Gaza war, the authorized departures have been more frequent.

But bottom line, the US should pride itself on being able to assist with the evacuation of its citizens, not shame those who are still in the area where we decided to start a war.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t we all watch Not Without My Daughter? Stay away from the Middle East people!

Is this the latest MAGA excuse? This is what you get for being in the Middle East?

Not MAGA (I’m a D all the way) and not blaming anyone (well except Trump and his ilk.) It was mostly an 80’s joke about how old many of us are. But yes I’ve been scared of the ME since that movie.

Yesss. That movie left such a lasting impression on me. I just looked it up and Not Without My Daughter came out in 1991. I was eleven. Why were my parents letting their 11 year old daughter watch that movie?!? No wonder I was scared of the ME for so long.

I’m the person you quoted and I was also 11 in 1991. It’s crazy what my parents let me watch.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t we all watch Not Without My Daughter? Stay away from the Middle East people!

Is this the latest MAGA excuse? This is what you get for being in the Middle East?

Not MAGA (I’m a D all the way) and not blaming anyone (well except Trump and his ilk.) It was mostly an 80’s joke about how old many of us are. But yes I’ve been scared of the ME since that movie.

Yesss. That movie left such a lasting impression on me. I just looked it up and Not Without My Daughter came out in 1991. I was eleven. Why were my parents letting their 11 year old daughter watch that movie?!? No wonder I was scared of the ME for so long.

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Anonymous wrote:There don’t appear to be an evacuations planned. I think people are on their own.

Yikes.

They should have been prepping for this when they issued ordered/authorized departures for family members and non-essential personnel drawdown.

The fact that this is quickly spiraling into a regional conflict is going to make departing really difficult, if not impossible.

They didn't issue authorized or ordered departure for family members and non essential personnel in most of these countries until yesterday or so (the days are blurring together), it was certainly after events had begun.

Anonymous wrote:Just read that the Tel Aviv airport will reopen Thursday and I suspect the same will be true for other airports in the region. Looks like things are already quieting down.

Yeah, I don't think so.

You guys should have thought about that BEFORE you started this war.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea why Americans attempt to live in the ME. We have pursued war and coups there for decades. We are constantly drawn into conflicts. They are all very polite people, and all the very nice things you can say about anybody. But then quite a lot of them absolutely hate us. They don't care if you're 'enlightened'.

I know this is going to sound crazy to you, because you obviously have a very narrow picture of what it means to be an American, but many of us are FROM the middle east, and many of us have family that still lives there. So Americans live, visit, and work there, just as we do everywhere else in the world.

Did you also blame Americans for being in Israel on Oct 6th? Or is it just brown people being in brown countries that you find absurd?

I am simply observing the trend of people with zero cultural of ancestral ties to the ME, who've grown bored and frustrated with lame ol' USA, who up and move to the region for exotic appeal.

You’re so low-rent. You don’t know how to think. You and yours have ruined the Democratic Party for forever. Jesus Christ.

Eh beats whatever you got going on.

No. I’m not a barely educated chunky suburban nothing. You are.

You are attempting to physically mock someone on an anonymous message board. Perhaps find another hobby at this point.

Report the troll - don't bother engaging with lunacy.

Anonymous wrote:There don’t appear to be an evacuations planned. I think people are on their own.

Yikes.

They should have been prepping for this when they issued ordered/authorized departures for family members and non-essential personnel drawdown.

The fact that this is quickly spiraling into a regional conflict is going to make departing really difficult, if not impossible.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t we all watch Not Without My Daughter? Stay away from the Middle East people!

Is this the latest MAGA excuse? This is what you get for being in the Middle East?

Not MAGA (I’m a D all the way) and not blaming anyone (well except Trump and his ilk.) It was mostly an 80’s joke about how old many of us are. But yes I’ve been scared of the ME since that movie.

You’re such a (all the banned words). Why is the region that way? Do you not understand that BP, the United Kingdom and the United States have so much to do with the instability?

DP. You need help. Serious therapy. The PP was joking around, you nitwit.

Anonymous wrote:Classic DCUM “the victim should have know better” trope.

None of this should be happening.

Anonymous wrote:I have friends who were transiting through Dubai and their onward flights got cancelled. They managed to get a car service to Oman and were able to fly out of Muscat.

DH is in Asia and a lot of Europeans are stuck there rn.

I have friends who were transiting through Dubai and their onward flights got cancelled. They managed to get a car service to Oman and were able to fly out of Muscat.