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US citizens urged to leave Belarus immediately

The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Belarus to depart the country immediately and warned against travel there in a statement published Monday.

The updated travel warning comes after bordering countries Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have stepped up security along the border over concerns about Russian Wagner mercenary forces exiled in the country.

The State Department, in its warning, encouraged Americans still in Belarus to depart the country immediately and categorized the country as a Level 4 risk, the highest security warning.

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Didn't one of the Proud Boys run there rather than face prison for Jan 6? Looks like a big oops.
- Seems like there are better places without extradition treaties. Warmer and more tropical places. The hell they go to Belarus for?
  
  Good luck getting to stay in most of those places. They're happy to have tourists, not residents. Unless you have a lot of money to open a business. Proud little boys don't strike me as wealthy.
  
  The better, warmer places need to want to keep you around.
  
  tropical climates suck i would rather eat shit
- How do you fuck up a life like this I can't comprehend
Why not earlier? Wtf
- That's what I was thinking....anyone still there probably is in support of the war.
  
  They could be visiting family before the whole thing goes to shit.
- Because intelligence didn't tell them to until now.
- There's always journalists, business people, tourists, and visiting family knocking around in these kinds of situations. This is the US Embassy officially warning those folks that they are in danger and that the US will have limited recourse if they find themselves in trouble.
  
  I know but I assumed they already were in danger
- Maybe it's meant to mainly fuck with Russian intelligence? Don't forget that we're practically at war with them.
Where will Steven Segall go?
- To a buffet? Probably.
- He'll join his Wagner buddies in Africa.
- He's probably pretending to fight walls.
I hope they have a verbally delivered version of this message interrupting tv shows - the majority of Americans in the country are conservatives doing fascism tours and they can't read.
- Just as long as we (the US) can write them off as a lost cause / FAFO fodder when things go south. I don't want my tax dollars trying to rescue any people stupid enough to decide Belarus was a viable tourism or lifestyle destination following the stationing of Russian nukes and harboring of Wagner/Prigoshen within their borders.
- They'd be stupid if they weren't. There's a hot war involving a global / regional power happening on their border and the best way to keep it on the other side is to be prepared to repel any and all boarders.
- I mean, they wouldn't wanna be standing with their pants down
- That would be the most stupid military decision since the most recent Ukraine invasion.
  
  Not doing so would be.
  To be clear we're talking about preparing for war, not starting one.
  
  I mean, Putler is known for making stupid military decisions so...
- which videos?
- Umm...I hate to be the one to break it to you: see, there is this country called Ukraine. Small place. Next to Poland. Also next to Russia. Ukraine and Russia are currently, how should I put it...they are having a MASSIVE FUCKING WAR rn. So their neighbors are preparing for the inevitability it will spill over into Europe and Middle East.
I'm a little surprised this warning wasn't issued last year. Better late than never?
Hmm I wonder if it's too late to go to North Korea instead?
Ain't nobody going to do shit. Always good to prepare though
Now if they just could depart every other country on the planet, that would be great.
- i see the americans are angry. even more reason they should depart!
They also have nukes. This is fucking terrifying.
- I have nuke fatigue. I can't be bothered to be afraid of them. Go ahead and throw them, whoever was brazen enough to do so will have their country wiped from the face of the earth faster than you can say "Enola Gay". There's no one self-destructive enough to seriously consider pushing that button.
  And even if there was, it's not like I'm going to change their mind. Just sit back and enjoy the mushroom clouds.
  
  I have nuke fatigue. I can’t be bothered to be afraid of them.
  Me as a GenX looking over at you.... "First time?"
  
  "How I stopped worrying and learned to love the bomb."
  
  I hate that this is where I'm at in life too. Hell, at least the mushroom cloud would be a quick death if you're close enough! Better than dying in the Water Wars or Mother Nature saying we fucked up.
- Oh come on, aint nobody scared of the potato king
- Stop with the goddamn nuke psychosis. rusian nukes aint worth shit. Be more scared of meteorites hitting the earth or dinosaur comeback but not rusian meme weapons
  
  Do you really think it's worth taking that risk if it comes down to it?

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