Reply #2: I think the people who expect direct intervention of US government ... [View All]

[TahitiNut]

... when they have difficulties (no matter how serious) overseas are truly misguided. (Cynicism: Only corporations can expect the military's intervention.)

The very reason the State Department issues travel advisories is based on the fact that the sole legitimate intervention is diplomatic and advcacy ... not force. If the government in the foreign country isn't responsive to such issues, that's just too bad. The cartoonish notion that H. Ross Perot will come to the rescue of overseas travelers is a fiction reserved for the very privileged, not the hoi polloi.