Posted on 01/13/2014 11:15:00 PM PST by smoothsailing
They could not leave the herders without killing them, they said it they talked about it
They did move yto establish radio contact
People now take radio contact as an easy given. But in those mts ten yrs ago no
The whole story was about no radio. They did their best it was not their fault the no comm
That’s in Utah, not Idaho. Very pretty country (near Moab).
Maybe I won’t make it after all....
Too far from your point of origin?
No.
Can’t read a map apparently...
LOL
leaving them tied up would not have been murder , they would have been found , the noisy goat herd would have ensured that. Does AFG have wolves ? They sure don’t have rattlesnakes , as the movie showed .
I have to read the book to see how that conversation actually went according to Marcus , not the movie producers . Marcus himself has written that , in retrospect , he kind of blew it : “ Of the realization that the goat herders had betrayed the SEALs’ position: “It was the stupidest, most southern-fried, lamebrained decision I ever made in my life. I must have been out of my mind. I had actually cast a vote which I knew could sign our death warrant. I’d turned into a fucking liberal, a half-assed, no-logic nitwit, all heart, no brain, and the judgment of a jackrabbit.” I agree with that assessment . We are too kind , too merciful , to those that couldn’t give a rip about either .
According to him the movie was exact the conversations were about not wanting them to die due to anything the SEALs did
It’s crazy how people second guess these guys like they were stupid
I’d think that way at least sometimes if I went through it. They counted on the backup coming after their communication didnt meet the second window.
They counted on the radios or the phone working
Our guys are not murderers. Going to he’ll for this country is not expected. And our country doesn’t murder children and old men
They were sent there without proper equipment backup and recon. The media is horrible but they did not kill these guys. The afghanis did
I talked to two POWs who met Fonda, about the note,and they said it never happened.
Between them they hadabout 10 years of torture, malnourishment, solitary confinement, etc. I’ll take their words.
There is enough evidence of Fonda’s treason to convict her without having to use undocumented “stories”. If you have the names of POWS who said that the “note” incident happened, send them to me and I’ll run it by dozens of senior POWs from the Hanoi Hilton, including Adm. Denton (who is not well). Another friend of mine was the late Col. Bud Day who would have known what went on in the Hilton. he never said anything about it.
Let’s stick with provable facts. Any effort to use “hearsay” will only diminish our credibility and that is what the LEFT IS TRYING TO DO.
Let’s not fall for their schemes and disinformation.
Yes they were.
They cheered when "wise insurgents" disguised themselves as allies and attacked a base from within.
It was all a big power Ghraib. They wanted to turn the American public against the War and Bush (Boosh) so the Rats could win in 2004. It succeeded in turning the public against the war, but it also served to rally the so-called (foreign funded) "insurgents" (terrorists who could commit war crimes without internationale rebuke).
In 2004, 2005 we weren't fighting against Iraqis, we were fighting along side them. Saddam had already been toppled.
The fact that there was no outcry from the Left or John Kerry about Hillary/Obama's war crime murder of a POW named Momar Gaddafi shows the emptyness of their "moral" argument. "WE came, WE saw, HE DIED!! (chuckle chortle)" - Sec. of State Hillary Clinton on the torture, abuse, and murder of Momar Gaddafi.
Why would any patriot or American take Fonda’s word over a group of men who lived to tell about it, and do tell about it?
I’ve met them and have been in their company many times.
I do expect to not have to defend these fine gentleman and the greatest of national treasures we have, here on Free Republic.
It is a travesty
I don’t want to ever have to say this.
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