[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

"Dunkirk-style rescue". Obviously written by someone who has no knowledge of Dunkirk.

Sure
But if all the British Living in the Lebanon
do not leave, those Cyprus military planes can
collect them, if they need to.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

Sure
But if all the British Living in the Lebanon
do not leave, those Cyprus military planes can
collect them, if they need to.

Yes... But they won't be wading into the sea under heavy bombing and gunfire, hopefully to be collected by a flotilla of little ships. It's the Dunkirk reference that's idiotic, not the plans to get Brits out if Lebanon.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yes... But they won't be wading into the sea under heavy bombing and gunfire, hopefully to be collected by a flotilla of little ships. It's the Dunkirk reference that's idiotic, not the plans to get Brits out if Lebanon.

It sure is the wrong reference