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Report: US sends warships near Israel for possible evacuation
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Published: 20.11.12, 07:31
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1. OMG....Panic in 2012!!!!
Moshe ,   US   (11.20.12)
the only thing Americans or anybody has to worry about in Israel is if Obummer and the US are pressuring Israel not to send in ground forces. Can anyone imagine D-Day without ground troops?
2. Well, makes sense
Cameron ,   USA   (11.20.12)
If the Israelis don't have the wits or guts to finish the job, then it is wise to pack our folk up & out of that rocket play land.
3. All American Warships
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.12)
All of the American warships are also capable of shooting sown and rocket or mortar fired at them. And unlike Bush with Lebanon 2006, Americans under fire will not be stranded for weeks under fire.
4. Bit over dramiatic isnt it ?
Haim ,   TA   (11.20.12)
5. US warships
David Asleson ,   Minneapolis. USA   (11.20.12)
How about using warships to help Israel?
6. @3
Belinda ,   Texas, USA   (11.20.12)
No, Obama just sits in the situation room & watches Americans be attacked, sodomized & killed! With friends like our idiot in Washington, who needs enemies!
7. just returned to Israel on a plane filled with tourists
michael redbourn ,   Arad Israel   (11.20.12)
I returned to Israel yesterday after a week-long trip to the UK The plane was jam-packed, and over half the people on the plane were tourists. So the headline and the US action are a joke!
8. Total Garbage
Jonny ,   Cape Town   (11.20.12)
US Citizens who actually want to leave, dont need the US Navy to assist them. More likely stationed to pick up UN officials, who after funding Hamas for all these years, may find themselves caught in the crossfire.
9. To 5/6 - It is a 100% Israeli Show
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.12)
Obama is in South Asia. But is not like Bush. Gadhafi killed lots of Americans and got what he deserved, just a decade or two late.
10. For God sake talkbackers....
Avi ,   netanya   (11.20.12)
have you all forgotten how to read between the lines...the USA is sending a message to the rest of the middle east and to Russia who is supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. Politicians have a different language. To politicians USA has 3 warships helping to protect Israel, they don't see the 'cover' of 'evacuating' which is laughable, but clever, it's like the USA are being really half arsed in coming up with an excuse not to worry the western world but at same time taunting the mid-east.
11. #5 David Asleson
Mark Wilson ,   U.S.A   (11.20.12)
US warships to help Israel against a rag tag lightly armed militia that has been under siege for decades??? You can give Israel the best and most sophisticated arms ever built, but one thing you can't give them, yet they desperately need, and that is guts...
12. how many American Israeli? tens, hundreds of thousands?
observer ,   Egypt   (11.20.12)
13. #11 Mark Wilson
(11.20.12)
What Asleson was saying is that Israel is condemned for self-defense but that Obama could do a Libya on Gaza: carpet bomb the civilian infrastructure, assasinate every leader, kill thousands of children and then get a Nobel prize.
14. Man, you may be right, #11
Cameron ,   USA   (11.20.12)
Mightily puzzled by all this Israeli doubt & indecision while their towns and cities are under bombardment. Still has the feel of a dance around game to it. I say those Lebanese years took the wind out of them for a serious ground fight.
15. Evacuation never.
Ira ,   Ventnor New Jersey   (11.20.12)
I am an Ametican, as are many of my friends. We don't run like the Lebanese Ameticans that were evacuated. We stay here united in our struggle against terrorists.
16. Hope Israel dosen't repeat USS Liberty
lydia ,   Brisbane   (11.20.12)
17. Well, this one American is not leaving
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (11.20.12)
and has never left during any war since 1968. This is safest place in the world.
18. The Ultimate Reason
Brett ,   Florida   (11.20.12)
Those U.S. ships are being called back is to deter Israel. Already the pentagon has quietly behind the scenes, told Israel, no spare military parts to be delivered if ground troops invade gaza. Obumbler IS a muslim and he hates Israel, and just wishes somebody could make it go away.
19. I don't think the US warships have anything to do with Hamas
Haleshuma hubeh   (11.20.12)
More like a precaution in case someone else wants to have a go at Israel (I wonder who?...) and things escalate to a very very dangerous melting point.
20. Even the US has lost faith in your micky mouse of an army...
Marco ,   Spain   (11.20.12)
21. Sarah B kept barking for a rescue until Obama relented...
Marco ,   Spain   (11.20.12)
22. USA sents warships
Toledano Jean-Pierre ,   Israel   (11.20.12)
They want to evacuate their people from Israel or from Gaza? I can understand from Gaza, because there are some Americans, most of them fans of Hamas, working in all sort of aid organizations. But from Israel? Or, is the almost every-day-big-talk-event, we read almost every day in the newspapers or saw on television before the current difficulties with Hamas, approaching?
23. Evacuation of hamasss
Beary White ,   Norway   (11.20.12)
The hamassss terrorists will be given an ultimatum. Die or be evacuated to the south pole !!! In 1982 PLO was evacuated from Beirut, now it is time to remove the terrorists from the strip. They are the main root to all violence and death. And the US marines will take care of the evacuation.
24. MOL & Lydia - wrong as always
Isaac Storm   (11.20.12)
If I had to guess, those US warships are to KEEP OUT the Iranian ships.
25. 24 Reread the Article, Isaac
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.12)
Marine Amphibious Units don't fight naval battles. Destroyers and cruisers do that along with carriers. The message to Americans in the region is that they are not left out to dry as Bush did in 2006 for weeks. Others can also interpret the message as they like, just as you have. But lots of Americans remember American school girls huddled on the floor on CNN as Israeli bombs fell in Beirut. And the need for US Marines to evacuate Americans from all over Lebanon.
26. Hindsight is 20/20!!!
Jake Stone ,   USA   (11.20.12)
All this conjecture is futile. I'm just going to sit back and watch what unfolds; I suggest everyone do the same! God bless, Israel!!!
27. 16 Lydia - Don't be foolish
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.12)
The US doesn't send defenseless ships into war zones anymore. All defense systems will be in the "on" position. And Israel is not that foolish, nor should you be. Not even a news helicopter could approach without permission.
28. MY GUESS IS THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EVACUATIONS...
Rafi ,   US   (11.20.12)
... more likely therre is an Iranian/ Hizbollah factor involved
29. dual citizens!, you reap what you sow, good for you
observer ,   Egypt   (11.20.12)
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