BEEGE WELBORN: Avoiding Sudanistan.

“The American mission in the capital warned Thursday that ‘due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and closure of the airport, it is not currently safe to undertake a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation of private U.S. citizens.’ If that wasn’t a horrific deja vu moment of international disgrace and national tragedy, I don’t know what one would be.”

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