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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Wow. I didn't know "Behind Enemy Lines" had a basis in reality. There must be a book out there about O'Grady's experience. Was that French-sounding admiral that appeared to be in cahoots with the enemy patriotic spin or did he really act that way? What was his actual nationality (the real guy, not the actor)?

There is an important lesson concerning multi-national forces in Mark Bowden's "Black Hawk Down." read about the rescue force and the delays while international chains of command dithered, foreign forces had no motivation to save American troops, had third-world equipment, left American troops behind forcing them to walk out behind the rescue force. The rescue force was wearing the blue helmet, were they not?

6 posted on 10/24/2004 7:54:06 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Kerry: I wholeheartedly disagree with you beyond expression)
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To: NonValueAdded

I've seen Scott O'Grady interviewed several times. I knew there was something about him I liked.


8 posted on 10/24/2004 8:06:29 AM PDT by Bearshouse
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