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Minn. mom: Son is 1 of 3 Americans missing in Iran (Has Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies)
Associated Press ^

Posted on 08/03/2009 1:39:51 PM PDT by tonyome

Bauer is a freelance journalist and photographer based in the Middle East who has reported from Iraq, Syria, Sudan's Darfur region and Yemen, according to his Web site. He grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies, the site said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hostage; iran
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1 posted on 08/03/2009 1:39:54 PM PDT by tonyome
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No doubt he expected the Iranians to love him cause he hates Bush,,,


2 posted on 08/03/2009 1:41:35 PM PDT by Mmogamer (<This space for lease>)
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To: tonyome

We could stand to lose a few more of those degreed students.


3 posted on 08/03/2009 1:42:16 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (The UN has never won a war, nor a conflict, but liberals want it to rule all militaries.)
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To: tonyome

he’ll get to practice some 1st person conflict resolution.


4 posted on 08/03/2009 1:42:43 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: tonyome

If he survives, the libtard will have had the best education experience of his life.


5 posted on 08/03/2009 1:43:01 PM PDT by DonaldC
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To: tonyome

And he got lost hiking?


6 posted on 08/03/2009 1:43:05 PM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: tonyome

That degree will come in real handy when dealing with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.


7 posted on 08/03/2009 1:44:32 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("I AM JIM THOMPSON!!!")
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To: tonyome

Poor SOB, he has been indoctrinated with totally useless information. If he survives he should sue his University.


8 posted on 08/03/2009 1:45:38 PM PDT by Steamburg ( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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To: tonyome
From Minnesota - well that explains it. Average IQ there is >70.
9 posted on 08/03/2009 1:45:47 PM PDT by stubernx98 (cranky, but reasonable)
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To: tonyome

Now’s a good time to put those college skills to work. Peace and conflict... good luck. Too bad he didn’t take any common sense (how to have some and how to use it) classes. What a fool.


10 posted on 08/03/2009 1:45:51 PM PDT by freepersup (!)
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To: tonyome
Another liberal hippie unsuspectingly "touring the world" on the search of peace... sheesh. Who told them it's a good idea to hike around the Iraq-Iran border these days!?

"He's a very thoughtful, caring person, soft-spoken, smart, bright. Has lots of travel experience and is someone that I would expect to be an experienced camper," Tiffany said.

Oh yes! As we all can see!

11 posted on 08/03/2009 1:45:58 PM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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degree in Peace and Conflict Studies

So he went over there thinking that they would embrace him and treat him kindly because he was reporting their side of the story. Hey, I'm sorry for the mom, but the reporters that go there thinking they are for some reason immune get a rude awakening. As much as it has happened they continue to keep making the same mistake.

12 posted on 08/03/2009 1:46:37 PM PDT by Mind Freed ("Every man has the right to be a fool 5 minutes a day. Wisdom is not exceeding the limit.")
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(Has Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies)

Is either an idiot or Agency.

13 posted on 08/03/2009 1:47:03 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Never Kick Leftists When They Are Down. Let Them Halfway Back Up. You Get Much Better Leverage!)
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To: Mmogamer

“Peace and Conflict Studies”, eh?
No doubt he’s getting a lesson in how the REAL world operates. But too bad he did not instead find out with his first paycheck- “Like, dude, where did all my MONEY go?”...


14 posted on 08/03/2009 1:47:50 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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“...graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies...”

Means he’s a dumbass.


15 posted on 08/03/2009 1:48:20 PM PDT by Leo Farnsworth (I'm not really Leo Farnsworth...)
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To: tonyome

If he gets out of Iran alive he should then volunteer to work a liquor store on Chelsea Avenue in Memphis so he can completely effect his change from flaming liberal to conservative.


16 posted on 08/03/2009 1:48:31 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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Well now these liberals are going to get a first-world education in “Peace and Conflict”. No longer will they be guided by liberal Berkley professors espousing hatred for war-mongerers Bush and Republicans, they will get a first-hand look at whether their liberal philosophy of “if-they-only-know-us-they-will-love-us” works.

It is hard to be sympathetic to these Al Franken Minnesota types who despised Bush and were certain he was wrong. These people really believed that going hiking in Iran was a risk that was overblown by some corporate type in the evil Bush CIA. And now thy will pay for that naivete

17 posted on 08/03/2009 1:49:01 PM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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...graduated from the University of California-Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies...

Oh, brother. Well, it will give him an opportunity to see what happens when two sides with different narratives attempt to come together. His is "I'm on your side, I hate Bush too." Theirs is "So are you worth more to us as a hiker with a BS degree, a hostage, or a corpse?"

In this particular conflict of viewpoints it is important to deconstruct the two meta-narrative texts and reveal the underlying motivations, coming to the synthetic position that the fellers with the guns win. That'd be the way to bet, anyway.

18 posted on 08/03/2009 1:49:21 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ex-snook

Didn’t they have a GPS in those cell phones?


19 posted on 08/03/2009 1:49:34 PM PDT by pointsal
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he’ll get to practice some 1st person conflict resolution.”

How much of the school he attended gets State and Federal funding??? No student’s tuition pays the whole cost of going to school. There is always additional funding from other sources.

What kind of “education” and “degree in conflict resolution” gets you a job doing what??? Playground supervisor for 2-8 year olds???? Who sets the curiculum for that school??? Maybe this jerk could get a job in the near future telling us old folks why we have to die under Nobamacare...

Sure would be absolutely beyond tickled to have had a job applicant tell me that they had a degree in such a topic and that I should hire them.

I haven’t had to hire and fire since the mid-80’s, but I would still be laughing.


20 posted on 08/03/2009 1:49:34 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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