US Embassy in Paris Refuses to Help American Citizens

[SF-TX]

An American couple, the wife 6-months pregnant, sought refuge at the US Embassy during the terrorist attacks in Paris. They were turned away. Is this standard operating procedure for embassy personnel, lock-down and hide and leave American citizens seeking shelter to fend for themselves? It appears they have implemented the DHS active shooter response protocol, Run, hide, then fight...as a last resort.

Passengers arrive at Atlanta airport safely after Paris ordeal

...In the midst of the chaos that erupted in Paris Friday night, Rebecca Hill-Bogle started to wonder how she and her husband, Will Bogle, were going to get back home to Georgia.

They were in Paris to celebrate Will’s birthday and were having dinner when Will looked at his phone and realized something was going on. The server at their restaurant told them they were about 10 minutes away from one of the deadly explosions that occurred during Friday night’s wave of terrorist attacks in the heart of the city.

“We saw a lot of police and ambulances; they were scurrying through the streets,” Will Bogle said.

The Macon couple tried to get a cab to get back to their hotel, but all the taxis were full.

Hill-Bogle is six months pregnant and she was starting to panic. They decided to walk two miles to the U.S. Embassy, hoping they could take shelter there.

But, her husband said, they were turned away.

“I was pretty disheartened that we weren’t allowed to get in,” he said.

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An American couple sought refuge at the US Embassy during the terrorist attacks in Paris. They were turned away while the Embassy went into lock-down and left American citizens seeking shelter to fend for themselves.

Two things everyone should keep in the back of their heads while we ponder situations like this...

1) An American Embassy in a foreign land is the DIRECT representation of the current executive administration of the United States of America.

2) Benghazi.



so...
1) If the current administration has a track record of smacking someone in the lips when they become unruly, the Embassy will most likely be similar in their response to any situation. If the current administration has a 'lead from behind' approach that defers to others in order to avoid the appearance of American Imperialism, then you should expect a like response. If the administration is bold and unafraid, the Embassy is likely going to behave in a matter that is bold and unafraid because that is the image they are expected to project. If an administration is afraid of the dark, then the Embassy will probably NOT answer the door during those darkest of moments.

2) If you were part of the US Embassy in a foreign land AND as a result PART of the current administration, and you KNEW how Benghazi was handled...
...would you be behind a locked door wondering if this was going to be attributed to an offensive anti-Islamic video?
...would you be waiting behind a locked door knowing that no one was coming to save you?
...would you be throwing open the doors to all comers because you have a toasty warm campfire, with Muslims, Jews, Christians, and Atheists all sitting around singing kumbaya?


The reaction by the American embassy in Paris should come as no surprise to anyone; they were probably busy wringing their hands wondering how something like this could happen, or busy changing their faceBook profile pictures to the French flag and wondering how this would impact the Summit on Climate Change. The diplomats at the embassy in Paris are probably not known for their warrior spirit. The type of diplomat that is posted in Paris is NOT the same type of diplomat posted in Jakarta, Khartoum, or Lebanon.

Not all diplomats are cut from the same cloth just like not all Americans are cut from the same cloth...
...Jihadists, on the other hand, all have a pretty voracious taste for the blood of the weak and aren't likely to sit down and sing kumbaya if you open the gates.

Just because some Americans are weak doesn't mean they are stupid.
...as a result, some folks simply will not open the door to let you in.


Just my two cents... I could be wrong.

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by SF-TX

DHS active shooter response[/URL] protocol, Run, hide, then fight...as a last resort.

Shirley you jest, fight, seriously? Not what Zero thinks, those State Department idiots are on their own. Hitlery would just allow them to be murdered in place, no one cares anyway.

Fight, lol, you made me laugh.

[head]

The US Embassy would be the last place I'd go.

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by head

The US Embassy would be the last place I'd go.

I agree. And I'm, surprised they were not also attacked.

No one at the embassy is going to help, not in a time of crisis and not when a incompetent left-wing libtard government is calling the shots.

Unless you're sitting on ground zero shelter in place.

[Old Dog New Trick]

Billy's post:

3) They were busy typing their relocation letters to a posting in Cuba and couldn't be bothered.

[Divemaster]

If you were an American in Paris at the time, the AMEMB didn't want to hear from you:

Travel - State Dept ‏@TravelGov Nov 13
US citizens in Paris please check in w/ your families instead of with the US Embassy. Emergency hotlines are 4 those checking on US citizens