Odd then that no other country (except Eritrea) follows the US footsteps. The UK and many other countries have the ability to defend its citizens abroad, evacua

Odd then that no other country (except Eritrea) follows the US footsteps. The UK and many other countries have the ability to defend its citizens abroad, evacuate them, engage in hostage negotiations, etc. (As I recall, in the UK that cost is paid via part of your passport fees. Not via world-wide taxation and monetary oversight.) That should be "most of its citizens abroad." As we know from Anwar al-Awlaki, the US may decide to remove due-process rights of its citizens and use its military power to kill them.