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No military evacuation of U.S. citizens
if Russia invades Ukraine: State Department

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Posted By: Ribicon, 1/23/2022 9:41:31 PM

Americans in Ukraine will be on their own if Russia invades so the U.S. government is advising them to take the earliest commercial flight possible out of the country. On Sunday, State Department officials said they didn’t know if Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to send tanks across the border but insisted such a move could come “at any time.” “The U.S. government will not be in a position to evacuate American citizens in such a contingency,” a senior State Department official told reporters in a briefing. “Russian military action anywhere in Ukraine will severely impact the U.S. embassy’s ability to provide consular assistance.”

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No one waves the white flag better than we do. Not that this is any of our business, especially with our own national border willfully undefended. Similar to the deal given in Afghanistan. If there are needy refugees to be taken in, though, USA will be glad to evacuate them.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Nashman 1/23/2022 9:53:33 PM (No. 1048718)
Of course not. It’s the new Biden motto. “Everyone for themselves.”
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Reply 2 - Posted by: singermom9 1/23/2022 9:57:44 PM (No. 1048721)
Biden will use this as an excuse to declare a national emergency and declare Marshall law so he can cancel the midterm elections. That way everybody stays where they are.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: velirotta 1/23/2022 10:13:36 PM (No. 1048729)
We expected no less from this feckless moron.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Rama41 1/23/2022 10:32:01 PM (No. 1048739)
Blinken will ask if Aeroflot can fly them home once it's over. (We'll pay for it, of course.)
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Grateful 1/23/2022 10:39:12 PM (No. 1048743)
Hey Brandon! Instead of sending US troops to the Russian-Ukraine border, how about sending a massive airlift of US troops to our own southern border to repel the horde of hostile invaders attacking our border security units and US citizens living near the border. We are under a full scale attack from hundreds of thousands of illegals.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MickTurn 1/23/2022 11:14:42 PM (No. 1048764)
If You Bribe Brandon he MAY save you......................
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Omen55 1/23/2022 11:29:26 PM (No. 1048782)
If you're in a dangerous part of the World right now you better get out now!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: bighambone 1/24/2022 12:41:04 AM (No. 1048808)
Why don’t US citizens now in Ukraine just purchase train tickets and ride the train to Western Europe and stay there, or return to the USA, until the security situation in Ukraine is resolved?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 1/24/2022 2:14:30 AM (No. 1048830)
If I was in Ukraine, and couldn't get a flight out, I'd drive to Poland. The distance from the cities around the main river, the Dnieper, (Kiev, Dniepropetrovsk) are about 400-550 miles from the Polish border. Of course, we once drove from Odessa to Dnipropetrovsk.....and the 250 mile trip by car with a lunch stop took over 9 hours. Their roads are really, really bad. That's only a little over a 25 mph average and we were pushing. About two days driving from the Dnieper valley cities to Poland to bail out. Kharkiv is another good half a day's drive farther.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Trigger2 1/24/2022 3:46:40 AM (No. 1048877)
Why? Since you, Joey, did such a spectacular successful job (your words) along with Miley and that other incompetent?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mifla 1/24/2022 5:29:32 AM (No. 1048903)
From the people who brought you the Afghanistan debacle.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: MDConservative 1/24/2022 10:47:29 AM (No. 1049262)
If "Americans" want to leave Ukraine, the airports are still open, the trains run, the highways open. Why hang around? Oh, waiting for a free ticket? Grandmama needs the help? Anyone caught there when any invasion actually comes is guilty of contributory negligence for their plight.
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