What are "stress evacuations"?????

[dixiegrrrrl]

NBC news says:
US officials say American presence in Yemen remains essential to intelligence gathering and counter-terrorism operations against al-Qaida,
but stress evacuations would be ordered if a serious threat is seen.



And of course we have noticed that we are in Yemen now, altho the "American presence" is not defined or numbered.

[NuclearDem]

1. Stress is a verb in that sentence.

[jberryhill]

2. These folks...

These people are there:

http://yemen.usembassy.gov/

US officials say (X), but stress (Y).

[Igel]

3. We often drop complementizers in English.

"...but stress evacuations would be ordered if a serious threat is seen."

"... but stress that evacuations would be ordered if a serious threat is seen."

That's still judged as non-normative by some.

"but stress (that) evacuations would be ordered if a serious threat were seen." Which says what would happen and what has not yet happened by using a contrary-to-fact subjunctive.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. ohhh duh on me....

I completely did not get that reading.
My brain was so used to the term "stress positions"....

"that" would have been so helpful to the sentence.

Thank you...

[NightWatcher]

4. Wanted to make a potty joke

but I'm much classier that that.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Happy to know that I'm not the only one who thought that.

Looked like John Boehner was about to have one last night.

[DawgHouse]

6. Me too!