Jeff Tiedrich - Preznit Fuckwit to American citizens stranded in the Middle East: 'sucks to be you'

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1. I was in Riyadh

After the first gulf war and there were some car bombings, one major one that killed about 7 people. Many were injured. (I had a friend that worked in that building. She had left her office-I can’t remember why- and after the bomb went off her office was gone.)
For weeks, the American school set up chicanes at the entrance to the school and every vehicle was checked under the carriage for explosives when entering. In a whole school faculty meeting about the situation, we asked questions about what happens if we needed to evacuate.
We were told that the US would only evacuate military personnel, their families, or government officials. Expats that were employed in the Kingdom by private companies, would need to ask their company for help or find their own way out. Luckily, we never had to evacuate.
But, that always stuck in my mind.