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"I Was One Of Them"
American Legion Magazine ^
| August, 2006
| Rick Kupke
Posted on 08/13/2006 4:50:48 PM PDT by Interesting Times
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Article by a friend-of-a-friend who was one of the 52 hostages held by the Iranians in 1979. He has a new book out on the crisis that triggered the U.S. war on terrorism
To: Howlin; eddie willers; cajungirl; wirestripper; Southflanknorthpawsis; Peach; prairiebreeze; ...
Origins of the current unpleasantness ping...
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:52:28 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(ABCNNBCBS -- yesterday's news.)
To: Interesting Times
This is what put Reagan in office...
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:53:31 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: Interesting Times
"The hostage-taking and murder of the Jewish athletes and coaches in the Olympic Village on September 5, 1972" seems the modern era started earlier. Maybe in the 1800's with the Brits in India and Afghanistan
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:54:36 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: Paladin2
Maybe the 1700's with the Marines in Tripoli.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:55:42 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: Interesting Times
I read one of the previous books written by a hostage and it just made my blood boil! I must read this one as well. Thanks for posting this.
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:57:01 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(Thank God the Brits don't have a New York Times!)
To: Interesting Times
Please add me to the ping list.
To: Interesting Times
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posted on
08/13/2006 4:59:39 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8)
To: Interesting Times
Carter encouraged the Islamo nut jobs in Somalia in 1977.
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:00:51 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: hoosiermama
Please add me to the ping list. Done.
To: Paladin2
Or back to when RFK was shot -- or to when the Arab Legion attacked the new state Israel, or to Hebron in 1929. Or back to the "Shores of Tripoli".
Each date is a *possible* start, for at each one -- a signal flare that even when followed up on was not continued to a terminus.
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:03:32 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: RaceBannon
Bowden promised me an autographed copy! :) Congratulations! Autographs by the Ayatollah are pretty rare these days...
To: Interesting Times
Hopefully, these jihadists have learned that if they attack when Republican presidents are in office, they'll be attacked in return. If they attack while a Democrat is in office, some envoy will want to negotiate peace with them.
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:05:34 PM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
To: ncountylee
If you look at all the wack jobs Carter "encouraged" it
reads like a who's who of dictators and socialists.
Damn the man.
May Spork Rabbits tear his flesh.
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:05:41 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Interesting Times
Looking forward to getting the book.
A "you can never get too much context" bttt.
To: Interesting Times
"President George W. Bush consistently has opposed our case."
WHY???
To: Interesting Times
The story of the American hostages who spent 444 days in Iran is now more than a quarter century old and rarely told in the detail that it deserves. ...because the story makes Jimmy Carter look like the weak neutered leader that he really was, and the freeing of them makes Reagan look good. The liberal media doesn't want that. They'd rather stay vague and let everybody think that it was an unsolvable problem that eventually worked itself out.
To: pollyannaish
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:14:10 PM PDT
by
Unicorn
(Too many wimps around.)
To: Interesting Times
According to Wikipedia:
"In 2000, the hostages and their families tried to sue Iran, unsuccessfully, under the Antiterrorism Act. They originally won the case when Iran failed to provide defense, but the U.S. State Department tried to put an end to the suit, fearing that it would make international relations difficult. As a result, a federal judge ruled that nothing could be done to repay the damages the hostages faced due to the agreement they made when the hostages were freed."
Anybody surprised that our illustrious State Dept. was behind squashing this suit? I see the Clintonites written all over this.
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:14:19 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: Interesting Times
Wish I could have arranged that one myself, in fact, I wish I could arrange the rarity of Ahmadinejad's autograph, also...
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posted on
08/13/2006 5:17:30 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8)
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