Rescued UK Citizens arrive in Cyprus - After Afghanistan

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports in its 6.57pm post the following, " The first British civilians to be rescued from Sudan have arrived in Cyprus, a spokesperson for its foreign ministry said....Approximately 40 people were onboard the flight, which landed at Larnaca airport.  "

Lets Get Real:

Forty is not a great number, the EU has taken hundreds out, well they do not have to cope with the UK's FCO.   There are more flights planned, it is reported that there is four thousand UK passport holders in the Sudan how will they get to the airport if the sides in the civil war start firing at each other, the US is nowhere is sight, Biden is more concerned about this re-election, this is Afghanistan ALL OVER AGAIN. POTUS is to old to be President, he is risk averse and only cares about black voters when it comes to elections, think of the people left in Afghanistan, thousands and Biden did not care, as Reagan stated in his Diaries, Biden is a demagogue, he will say what needs to be said to get votes, a suppose Roman Catholic he supports abortion in public, what he really thinks is open to debate.   The US voter deserves better candidates in 2024. 

The UK Evacuation Plan for the Sudan - After Afghanistan

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 12.52pm post the following, " 

British forces preparing for the evacuation...

The Ministry of Defence has released images of British forces preparing to depart RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for Sudan.....More than 1,200 military personnel are involved in the effort to extricate the thousands of UK citizens still in Sudan.  "

Lets Get Real:

The most important thing is to get our people out, that no one is hurt in the Sudan, if our troops are fired upon they must shoot back, it does not matter who shoots, they must be taken out.  This is a risky operation there could be thousands of UK Subjects in the Sudan, the US has been very quiet, is POTUS more worried about his announcement that he is running again for the Oval Office. One hopes the US and the UK are working together and not mounting separate operations.  There are risk, but a UK passport should mean something, in the old days of Empire, we would have sent a gunboat up there to tell the people to calm down or face the wrath of the British Navy.   Our Royal Navy is much limited know and the only real threat that would be taken as a REAL THREAT would be the Americans.  Where are the Yanks when you need them.   

COBRA Meeting on Sudan - After Afghanistan

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 7.12pm post the following, " 

Another COBRA meeting to be held later this evening.....

five of these meetings had been chaired by Rishi Sunak, including one at 3.15am on Saturday.  "

Lets Get Real:

The PM should not listen to the FCO, they will slow pace the UK to do nothing and in that they will be followed by the US State Department, these Departments are run by Elites who never want to do anything. POTUS and the PM should act in firm manner and use the US Defence Department in the US and the MOD in the UK. 

The UK has already sent troops to Sudan to plan getting UK Citizens OUT, they have been showed up by the rest of Europe, other EU Countries have manged to get their people out, even the Irish have manged it, so why cant the UK, there is a simple answer the FCO should not be used, it was sending messages to the Sudan to UK Citizens but the internet is down there, so how are people meant to get the messages from the UK, how are people to be gotten out, the US might be slow, has the Biden Oval forgotten the lessons of Afghanistan, also Biden wants to announce his re-election bid on Tuesday, he does not need the fact that there are sixteen thousand citizens from the US in the Sudan and they might be needed to be gotten out.  Sudan could be another Afghanistan and another disaster for the US and the UK.

4,000 UK Subjects in the Sudan - Another Afghanistan ?

BBC News - Live blog: Reports the following, " The UK government has insisted it's doing all it can to help British nationals stuck in Sudan - after diplomats and their families were rescued yesterday.......Minister Andrew Mitchell says there are estimates of around 4,000 Britons in the country, but the number could be higher  "

Lets Get Real:

IF this blog was a US  or UK citizen it would not be happy, it has been reported there are sixteen thousand US Citizens in Sudan, the US State Department has made it clear that there will be no Cavalry coming to the rescue, the FCO will do nothing.  It seems that POTUS is doing another Afghanistan, that is why POTUS is seen as weak, and why his approval ratings are in the toilet, anything really risky and he is hiding under his desk, to think that JFK and Ronald Reagan had that desk, Biden is following the Obama foreign policy failure route, he thinks that he can leave Americans behind and there is no political comeback.   At least POTUS is supporting the Ukraine in its War with the Russia, the Republicans on the whole are supporting the Trump Isolation policy.  This is how powers fade, just look at the example of the British Empire, we could be leading to the hegemony of China in the 21st Century as long as they do not invade Taiwan. 

UK Diplomats taken out of the Sudan - Another Afghanistan ?

BBC News: Reports "  Sudan violence: UK diplomats evacuated from Khartoum  "

Lets Get Real: 

This is Afghanistan all over again, the diplomats are taken out, good work by the Armed Forces as usual,  but the people are left to get shot, it seems that there are sixteen thousand Americans in Country, and there are many UK citizens also, the FCO as usual does nothing, its typical of the FCO viewpoint, do not get involved in the affairs of other Countries, and slow walk the process in till the press lose interest.  If you had left the Falklands to the FCO they would have handed the Islands over to the invading force.  The UK and the US should send in a peace keeping force, with a simple order, if you are fired upon taken them out, does no one recall Gordon of Khartoum ( see the film), a US and UK passport should mean something in these kind of incidents.  One suspects that POTUS and PM Sunak do not have the guts to bring peace to the Sudan, POTUS is expected to announce  on Tuesday that he is running in 2024.

Middle East Tensions - Update

Guardian: Reports " Bahrain, Sudan and UAE follow Saudis in diplomatic action against Iran...Bahrain tells Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours and Sudan says it has severed ties in row over execution of Shia cleric "

Lets Get Real:

As stated the Oval Office and Downing Street will be looking for calm, the last thing that the Middle East needs right now is a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, this it might need the US Secretary of State, John Kerry to visit both States and calm their nerves and get them to keep only shouting at each other, if Kerry can not do it, what about for former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, might well think of all the choices, with Syria in fire the World does not need another Crisis point.    The only winners are Daesh in Syria and Iraq should there be a regional war.