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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:03 AM May 2019

State Department Orders Non-Essential U.S. Government Employees Out Of Iraq

Source: WAMU

The State Department has ordered all “non-emergency” U.S. government employees to leave Iraq right away.

The travel advisory specifically orders the departure of employees at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Erbil, noting that “normal visa services will be temporarily suspended at both posts.”

Employees were urged to depart the country by commercial transportation as soon as possible and avoid U.S. facilities within Iraq.

It was not immediately clear what led to the order on Wednesday. The advisory instructs U.S. citizens not to travel to Iraq due to high risks of terrorism, kidnapping, and armed conflict

Read more: https://wamu.org/story/19/05/15/state-department-orders-non-essential-u-s-government-employees-out-of-iraq/



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State Department Orders Non-Essential U.S. Government Employees Out Of Iraq (Original Post) Dennis Donovan May 2019 OP
Fontline: Bolton's War HopeAgain May 2019 #1
Maybe Tom Hanks will play him in the movie... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #2
We'll likely all be dead by the end of the nuclear World War III, so no one will be around to see it InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #6
Hopefully "looking For John Bolton" will end with a perp walk. nt yaesu May 2019 #16
Correction: Trump's War. pazzyanne May 2019 #14
Time to desert that $750 million boondoggle embassy on top of the $billions upon billions spent hlthe2b May 2019 #3
He was too whackadoodle to be the UN Ambassador 15 yrs ago... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #4
And that UN Ambassador appointment was done by Shrub as a recess appointment BumRushDaShow May 2019 #10
Just talked to my nephew who just got back from his 3rd tour in Afghanistan & promptly retired yaesu May 2019 #17
So does this mean watoos May 2019 #5
Too bad we can't evacuate all non-essential Ilsa May 2019 #7
The White House catering and kitchen staff were great DFW May 2019 #12
Wag the Dog! djacq May 2019 #8
We don't even have a Secretary of Defense! Cracklin Charlie May 2019 #9
Bolton is confused again. Iran, Iraq--what's the difference? They'll bomb the wrong country. :-D TheBlackAdder May 2019 #11
That fucking Bolton deserves to be tortured forever... jimmil May 2019 #13
Trump needs a war to change the subject from Russia Botany May 2019 #15
I'm expecting a twofer... Ghost Dog May 2019 #20
and away we go! nt Javaman May 2019 #18
what are we fighting for... Javaman May 2019 #19
. Ghost Dog May 2019 #21
Now that we know the staging area for the invasion of Iran. oldlibdem May 2019 #22

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
6. We'll likely all be dead by the end of the nuclear World War III, so no one will be around to see it
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:40 AM
May 2019

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

pazzyanne

(6,546 posts)
14. Correction: Trump's War.
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:25 AM
May 2019

Bolton was chosen by tRump to be his tool to gain what he wants: Iran's oil AND a distraction for tRump's criminal and immoral self induced woes. Then tRump has the gall to snivel publicly about fearing what Bolton is pushing. This from the man who has no compunction about firing anyone who gets in his way or opposes his goals. If tRump was not in agreement with Bolton, Bolton would be gone!

hlthe2b

(102,203 posts)
3. Time to desert that $750 million boondoggle embassy on top of the $billions upon billions spent
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:20 AM
May 2019

there, which dwarfs the values of all those American lives who died-- for what? Move 'em aside so Bolton can get his Iranian orgasm on.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
4. He was too whackadoodle to be the UN Ambassador 15 yrs ago...
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:25 AM
May 2019

...now, he's national security adviser to an incurious and criminal dolt who would do anything to change the conversation from his own criminality.

BumRushDaShow

(128,760 posts)
10. And that UN Ambassador appointment was done by Shrub as a recess appointment
Wed May 15, 2019, 07:26 AM
May 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/politics/president-sends-bolton-to-un-bypasses-senate.html

And I think after that, the Senate policy of 3-day gavel-in Pro-forma sessions, pretty much became a permanent fixture.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
17. Just talked to my nephew who just got back from his 3rd tour in Afghanistan & promptly retired
Wed May 15, 2019, 09:40 AM
May 2019

he said its a FUBAR mess over there & that we should just pull everything out from the entire region. He was involved in some new tRumpted up mission involving training.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
5. So does this mean
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:29 AM
May 2019

that Trump is going to use the old AUMF to bypass Congress by claiming that Iran is aiding al-Qaeda?
British intelligence is calling bs on Iranian threats.

Anyone miss Mattis yet?

Ilsa

(61,692 posts)
7. Too bad we can't evacuate all non-essential
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:44 AM
May 2019

Personnel from the White House. At this point, that's everyone there, IMO.

DFW

(54,335 posts)
12. The White House catering and kitchen staff were great
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:12 AM
May 2019

That is, at least they were through 2016. I wouldn't know after that. Maybe Trump got rid of them, too, favoring catered crap from McDonald's as a "budget-cutting" move.

jimmil

(629 posts)
13. That fucking Bolton deserves to be tortured forever...
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:14 AM
May 2019

Chicken shit piece of dung needs to be dragged across a parking lot of glass holding Gump by his feet. There are a whole lot of us who have been in war and we know what it is all about. One thing it is not about is a president waving his dick around and getting people killed because he wants a war. There is absolutely NO fucking reason we must go to war over a treaty Gump said was no good. What the fuck does Gump know about any treaty or contract? Jezus I hate everyone associated with this administration. They are all crooks and chicken shits.

Javaman

(62,510 posts)
19. what are we fighting for...
Wed May 15, 2019, 10:34 AM
May 2019

And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Eye-Ran
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die

oldlibdem

(330 posts)
22. Now that we know the staging area for the invasion of Iran.
Wed May 15, 2019, 01:26 PM
May 2019

My guess for d-day is next friday, the 24th. Right before Memorial day.

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