A couple of days ago, I pointed out that the Americans who are stuck in Iran or elsewhere in the Middle East, where war is well under way, have only themselves to blame. Even though they brought their strandings upon themselves, many are taking to social media to play the victim and to beg for help. How pathetic.
Advocates and family members are running to media outlets, crying out loud for their loved ones to be returned home. Problem is, those people are there because of their own actions. Who in their right mind would go to the Middle East, even without the conflict in Iran? If you go anywhere in that region, you pretty much deserve what you’ll get.
Our government and our tax monies should not be used to reward people for their own stupidity. In other words, they got themselves into that mess, so it’s up to them to get themselves out. If they die from being caught up in the war, then that’s their fault, not ours. Why should we pay?
It’s kind of like this: if I run into an abandoned building here in Albany with the goal of exploring, innocent first responders shouldn’t be expected to rescue me because I was in that building of my own doing, knowing the risks. I’m going to say the same is going on with our idiotic fellow Americans: they went there knowing the risks, so they should accept the consequences and quit hitting the victim button.
We all know how this is going to play out. The war will escalate and it is doing just that with every passing hour. Those escalations will, sooner or later, result in the deaths of Americans who got caught up in the conflict. Those Americans brought all of this upon themselves, so if they die because of their own stupidity, it will be no loss at all.
I’m getting a kick out of seeing TikTok and X posts from Americans begging to be rescued, claiming that they have no way out. Well, whose fault is that? Not mine! Not yours! Those social media posts that they’re making may very well be their last and it’s quite funny to watch some of them realize that, for the first time in their privileged lives, there will be actual consequences for their behavior.
So let’s all have a laugh. It’ll be at their expense, which is the best kind of laughter!