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Capable? Maybe. Willing to exert itself on behalf of US citizens in danger? Nope. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/01/american-civilians-yemen-left-be
by zipwitch 11y ago
Capable? Maybe. Willing to exert itself on behalf of US citizens in danger? Nope.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/01/american-civilians-yemen-left-behind http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/01/american-civili...
The US evacuated government staff and contractors, but abandoned anyone else.
- knowaveragejoe 11y agoThey weren't "abandoned". They were told very earnestly to leave, but they wanted to stay and work on mostly oil fields and continue to make admittedly large sums of money. In general the state department has been warning people about traveling to Yemen for over a decade, and likewise has been issuing travel advisories and other updates to the people living there. Far from "abandoned".