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US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately (thehill.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and warned against travel there in a statement published Monday.

The updated travel warning comes after bordering countries Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have stepped up security along the border over concerns about Russian Wagner mercenary forces exiled in the country.

The State Department, in its warning, encouraged Americans still in Belarus to depart the country immediately and categorized the country as a Level 4 risk, the highest security warning.

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[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 120 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Didn't one of the Proud Boys run there rather than face prison for Jan 6? Looks like a big oops.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 38 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Seems like there are better places without extradition treaties. Warmer and more tropical places. The hell they go to Belarus for?

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good luck getting to stay in most of those places. They're happy to have tourists, not residents. Unless you have a lot of money to open a business. Proud little boys don't strike me as wealthy.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What are the chances the Proud Boy will even make an attempt to learn Belarusian? My prediction is close to 0%. Probably would expect others to learn English instead.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

The better, warmer places need to want to keep you around.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Guess who's being sent to fight Ukraine?

That dirtbag for sure.

[–] baked_tea@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How do you fuck up a life like this I can't comprehend

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 29 points 10 months ago

Part 1 : Start off stupid

Life is hard. It's even harder when you're dumb.

Part 2: Believe Donald Trump.

Let simmer over a low heat of Fawx News and Russian troll farms for 4 years.

Serve over a plate of insurrection and garnish with an escape to a hostile puppet state.

Perfect recipe for a life fucked up.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Why not earlier? Wtf

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's what I was thinking....anyone still there probably is in support of the war.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They could be visiting family before the whole thing goes to shit.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Sure but even then, you've got a target on your back being there as a US citizen. I'd want my family to be safe so I'd leave, it'll be less likely that anti NATO groups find out about your family if you're not there.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am just pointing out that there are other reasons to be there at this point in time that just support of the war.

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[–] LightDelaBlue@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

its more than a year.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's always journalists, business people, tourists, and visiting family knocking around in these kinds of situations. This is the US Embassy officially putting those folks on notice that they are in danger and that the US will have limited recourse if they find themselves in trouble.

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Because intelligence didn't tell them to until now.

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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Where will Steven Segall go?

[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 53 points 10 months ago

To a buffet? Probably.

[–] Aagje_D_Vogel@feddit.nl 14 points 10 months ago

He'll join his Wagner buddies in Africa.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hope they have a verbally delivered version of this message interrupting tv shows - the majority of Americans in the country are conservatives doing fascism tours and they can't read.

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Just as long as we (the US) can write them off as a lost cause / FAFO fodder when things go south. I don't want my tax dollars trying to rescue any people stupid enough to decide Belarus was a viable tourism or lifestyle destination following the stationing of Russian nukes and harboring of Wagner/Prigoshen within their borders.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago

I'm a little surprised this warning wasn't issued last year. Better late than never?

[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Hmm I wonder if it's too late to go to North Korea instead?

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