&gt; That&#x27;s visibly demonstrated by every civil war.<p>No it&#x27;s not. Especially so with the civil wars in the Arab world, they didn&#x27;t spring up virtually overnight and almost across the board started well away from the capital cities where most expats and embassies&#x2F;consulates are.<p>&gt;  Give me an example of a developed military that&#x27;s gone into an armed conflict to rescue citizens. The closest I can think of is the rescuing of hostages. That&#x27;s not quite the same thing though and very rare.<p>There are a variety of examples of this by practically every developed country. In the last two decades it&#x27;s been relatively common in Africa and the Middle East. The US in particular has a number of such cases which can be found in this list: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Timeline_of_United_States_mili...</a><p>Hostage rescues are very rare, I agree. That&#x27;s an extreme measure.