Posted on 06/23/2013 2:46:32 PM PDT by Abakumov
On Sunday, NSA leaker Edward Snowden landed in Moscow on a flight from Hong Kong. The United States had asked for Snowden’s extradition, but officials in Hong Kong said the request did not comply with their laws. Snowden will probably not be allowed to stay in Russia, and reports vary on where the fugitive will go next – Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, or some other questionable country.
The flight from Hong Kong took Washington by surprise, and it is unclear when Snowden will make the next leg of his journey into permanent exile. But the Obama administration might take a lesson from Ronald Reagan. The Gipper’s solution to apprehending airborne fugitives was to go up and get them.
On October 10, 1985, four Palestinian terrorists boarded an EgyptAir 737 charter flight for Tunis. Three days earlier they had hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, holding the passengers and crew hostage and murdering wheelchair-bound 69-year old American tourist Leon Klinghoffer. After the ship docked at Port Said, the Egyptian government secretly agreed to let the hijackers fly to PLO headquarters in Tunis to “face judgment” (and no doubt praise) from Yassir Arafat.
The Egyptians kept mum on where EgyptAir flight 2843 was headed, but U.S. and Israeli intelligence quickly found out. President Reagan was on Air Force One heading for Chicago when he got word. Reagan was determined to bring the hijackers to justice; the Pentagon had been readying SEAL Team 6 to board the Achille Lauro but had to call off the raid when the hijackers fled into Egypt’s territorial waters. Now the Gipper had another chance. He ordered Carrier Air Wing 17, based on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Saratoga, to intercept the 737 and escort it to the NATO Naval Air Station at Sigonella, Italy.
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“I do not consider this man a criminal.”
“I consider Obama, Holder and the people violating my Constitutional rights the crimials.”
BEARS REPEATING !!! To the Chicago thugs, Whistleblowers are heroes; unless the whistle is being blown on THEM! Note that the MSM talking heads have reported it AS ORDERED, as usual.
The difference here is, Snowden would have felt perfectly comfortable approaching Attorney General Edwin Meese. Can you imagine the different response he would have gotten from talking to Meese's assistant Mark Levin?
This would be implying that Reagan would support spying on all US citizens....because every anti-Snowden wank supports the spying...and Obama...too
Just like Obama Eligibility.....the Obama Supporters once again surrender liberty to cover for Obama
Interesting perspectives here. The two men who assassinated the Roman emperor Caligula were put to death. Not that everyone wasn’t grateful, but they didn’t fancy letting a couple of regicides get off scot-free. It didn’t set a very good precedent.
But don’t you remember how Ronnie had that big S on his chest, and bullets bounced off from him. Oh wait. Never mind.
I love how people place Reagan in different times and suggest what he would do.
He was a great man. We have none of them any more. But you are correct, there is no way he would shoot down a Russian aircraft.
Hard to do when the flight from HK to Moscow goes over China & Russia (and possibly Mongolia) and the plane belongs to the Russian flag carrier.
>>>Uh no. Reagan would NOT have shot Snowden’s plane down.
What a disgusting analogy!>>>
I AGREE COMPLETELY!
“We did it all off the cuff.” But he said the mission was an outstanding example of the power of naval aviation to “make things happen.”More like an exmple of having an outstinding man as president...one we knew we could trust.
Shoot the scumbag when he exits the plane.Snowden's not the scumbag in this scenario.
Yep.
Under Obama, whistle blowers are the criminals.
The situations are not the same.
When I think of this darn data collection and putting it together in usable format, I think of Admiral Poindexter.
And then I think of the men and women who fought against communism. And then I think of what is in the White House today using the tools of patriots against them. :(
“Uh no. Reagan would NOT have shot Snowden’s plane down.
What a disgusting analogy!”
No kidding, I reject the entire premise:
No such activities, as described by Snowgren, would be in operation under a Reagan administration. And if it were, those involved would be in prison for their acts against the Constitution. IMHO.
Snowden crossed the line when he started exposing Chinese operations and should be taken out. Some act as if one has to take sides - NSA vs Snowden. There are no heroes or good guys here. All should be held accountable.
And Abu Nidal went... to Saddam Hussein in Iraq... just as did the 1993 WTC bombing ringleader.
Wrong!
President Reagan would not be for everyday Americans being spyed on by their government like it’s 1984. President Reagan was 100% against that.
Reagan would pardon and protect Snowden. Then arrest all those involved installing the Communism spy grid you apparently love.
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