If you to have been shaking your head as to how most foreign governments have gotten most of their people out of Lebanon while we seem to dilly-dally, you're not alone.  However, the folks at TPM Muckrakers have unearthed one possible explanation as to why there is so much confusion:  the U.S. Embassy in Beirut is telling Americans in Lebanon to stay by their phones or go to the embassy website to receive updates on evacuation planning in a place where Israeli bombing of basic infrastructure has severely limited electricity and phone service in many parts of the country, especially Beirut and southern Lebanon.  Gotta hand it to the State Department, they think of everything!  The U.S. government is really outdoing itself on how shockingly bad it is at managing crises that might require rescuing or protecting American citizens at both home and abroad.