Three planeloads of American diplomats and contractors evacuated

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 12 June 2014 | David Mccormack and Associated Press Reporter

[Jack Hydrazine]

Anyone remember Jimmy Carter and Iran in 1979?

[Justa]

The SOFA did not include immunity for US forces. They would have been liable under Iraqi law for whatever damages they incurred against Iraqis and their property. And Maliki’s government believed they could handle the situation. They still do in fact.

Gonna take a new PM or constitution to get past the tribal conflicts. I prefer a new constitution creating three federal states of the religious sects with a weak central government. They are coming from tribalism. It’s too much of a jump to go to a national parliamentarian system.

Consider western history. Post tribal governments of city state level persisted for over a thousand years before national governments existed. The city-state is the necessary bridge between tribes and nations.

[GailA]

Hubby was on the USS Midway, they pushed old Huey’s over board for a small plane carrying a friendly and his family to land. Capt wanted him to put down at sea, but there were small children aboard. Plane hangs in the Pensacola Naval Museum. Hubby is career Navy, Ret SCPO. Was also there for the Missile Crisis off the coast of Cuba.

http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2014/04/april-30-1975-the-amazing-escape-and-rescue-of-bung-ly-2843260.html

[KosmicKitty]

Agree. All I could think of when I heard this was Saigon, 1975, last plane out.

(Im old enough to remember that event)

[entropy12]

I kept telling every one how bad Obummer would be as president. I lived in Chicago for 30+ years. I know
Chicago politicians & community organizers.

But too many were consumed by hate of the moderate from Massachusetts. So now we have to suffer through 8 years
of the worst president in a century or more.

[9YearLurker]

By the standards of Chicago pols and community organizers, Obama is historically great.

[9YearLurker]

By the standards of Chicago pols and community organizers, Obama is historically great.

[FBD]

Bit of a mess over there.

http://www.independent.co.uk/img/rO0ABXQAa2Z7aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jby51ay9pbmNvbWluZy9hcnRpY2xlOTUyOTk0Ny5lY2UvYWx0ZXJuYXRlcy93NjIwL2lyYXEtMS5qcGc_bGFyZ2VrZXk9MX1mNzc3N2YzMjB0.jpg

[cynwoody]

Hubby was on the USS Midway, they pushed old Huey’s over board for a small plane carrying a friendly and his family to land. Capt wanted him to put down at sea, but there were small children aboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq_mg8CtSzk

[Mears]

Terrific video.

Thanks.

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