Posted on 11/13/2009 7:05:26 AM PST by Danae
Ok, I got up this morning and got one of the biggest shocks of my life. I checked my School work, and I am taking a History class right now from a professor that I have been angling to get for about 6 months at American Military University. He has a Bio that is amazing, a real Military hero and a serious scholar as well. Anyway, I had a short essay topic that I did regarding the Middle East Iran Iraq and touched on the Hostage crisis, and the rescue attempt that failed to rescue the hostages. It was sort of personal to me because it was the first time I can remember being aware of something Political, and international. I was abotu 10 at the time. My dad was SOOOO pissed off at the government for setting up this mission impossible, and even madder that 8 guys died doing it, he felt they had been let down my their leadership etc.
So my professor asked me to research deeper into Operation Eagle Claw, and what happened operationally, which I did. This morning he gets back to me (As I had said that it was a really interesting question, it really was a pivotal event for me in that it woke me up to the world and reality in a lot of ways)and says this.
The reason I asked you to research the operation is because I was there.
WOW
I am taking a History class from a real live "Balls of Steel" hero. Talk about HUMBLED.... man.... and I called the operation an abject failure! ROFL... Which it was, but not because of they guys who were there doing the job, but because the Leadership that put them there didn't plan it to succeed! It really was mission impossible I think, and my 30 year old memories of the event say the same. How could those guys have possibly succeeded at flying right into Tehran and snatching the Hostages......AMAZING, and here is one of the guys who was there.
I had an A in the class.... LOL HAD being the operative word lol And if I loose it, it will be 100% worth it to have had the chance to sincerely thank a real live American Hero! I am seriously just totally floored this morning.
This is one of my favorites:
"I didn’t know that any Americans did not like our incredible Special Operations community"
Next to nothing in the knowledge department about the Marine Corps, but looooooves to talk trash. I've been watching it for a couple years. I've watched ansel12 pull this crap too many times. I believe it was particularly insulting on Haditha/Hamdania threads.
Check this out:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2386154/posts?page=3#3
Anyone remember Operation Eagle Claw-Hint: Iranian Hostage Crisis Rescue attempt (vanity) If anyone has any input on this thread, about the reasons for the failure of the mission there is a hot discussion of it as you scroll down.
3 posted on Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:49:22 AM by ansel12 (Scozzafava/Romney 2012)
P.S. I wouldn't define this as a hot discussion.
Sorry, I can pick up the hostility in your posts but other than that they just don’t make sense.
No surprise there.
he/she is such a maroon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo
I have a question to ask your professor. Ask him why he is a poser and lying? He was not at Desert One nor was he involved with the mission in any aspect. I have researched his name in the records I have and have saw research conducted by professional writers who also disprove his claim to have been there. At the back of the book Crippled Eagle, by Rod Lenahan, is a list of those participants and his name is not there. I was there and knew noone by the name Steve Bacon.
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