I'm not sure what assistance your friend felt the US provided that other countries wouldn't have, but many people would disagree. The US doesn't evacuate citiz

I'm not sure what assistance your friend felt the US provided that other countries wouldn't have, but many people would disagree. The US doesn't evacuate citizens as readily as other countries, and when they do, they don't do an overly great job of it, they only take you to a nearby safe place at which point you're on your own again, and they charge you to boot. Here are some examples of just how great the US assistance was when evacuating citizens from Libya back in 2011: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/24/134034173/u-s-evacuation-attempt-hits-snags-in-libya http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/24/134034173/u-s... http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/23/us_citizens_evacuating_from_libya_via_ferry http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/23/us_citize...