Tcholakian blames the federal government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper for failing to respond quickly to the crisis, leaving pregnant women like herself stranded for days in a dangerous, war-torn country.

" The Americans were so organized, the French were so organized," she said. "There is no excuse to say that this is Canada's first big evacuation. We are in a state of crisis and people are in danger."

Shut up. Just shut up. I'm sure you are in the scariest situation you have ever been in in your entire life, but I promise you it's not going to get any better if you expend all your energy wailing and moaning to the press. There is a war on in a country that has been occupied for almost as long as I've been alive; a country that has always lived with bombs and mortars and dead civilians. A country that has more than its fair share of mujahideen. And if you could keep calm long enough to make peace with that description, you might stop blaming the people who are trying to rescue you, and start blaming yourself for jaunting your pregnant body and toddler child off to such a dangerous country in the first place.

I feel for you that you are stuck there, perhaps for another few days, perhaps for a week. I would be utterly petrified in your situation (though maybe not petulant as well). But the reason there is chaos and disarray on the dock is because - in case you hadn't noticed - Lebanon is in the middle of a war it brought on itself. Things tend to get a bit messy at such times. Just be glad our country is bothering at all with you, because if this were a year ago baby, you might as well learn to swim.

Update: And may I also add that the French are always organized to cut and run?? That's what makes them French!