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Normally, I refrain from speaking ill of the dead. However, I'll make an exception in this case.
1 posted on 09/16/2012 6:26:25 AM PDT by DJ Taylor
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This type of mentality seems to be a requisite for career FSOs...and has been for decades.


"Cocktail Hour Heroes."
2 posted on 09/16/2012 6:30:52 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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The author is making an important point, but the approach seems unnecessarily harsh in light of this person's very recent death.
3 posted on 09/16/2012 6:37:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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The man who went over to help the rebels killed by rebels.

Pretty ironic.

Mr. Snake approaches Mr. Turtle on a river bank and asks Mr. Turtle for a ride across the water since he can’t swim the river himself. Mr. Turtle politely refuses to oblige, reasoning that if he were to give Mr. Snake a ride across the river, he would surely be bitten. Mr. Snake protests saying that it would be foolish for him to bite the one carrying him, since it would result in him perishing also. Mr. Turtle considers the argument, then agrees to ferry Mr. Snake over the broad river. When they are half-way across the river Mr. Turtle feels a sharp pain and realizes he has been bitten by Mr. Snake. As the venom is beginning to take effect, Mr. Turtle sadly and resolutely asks Mr. Snake why he bit him, since the biting will also result in Mr. Snake’s demise. A wry smile came upon Mr. Snake’s face. “I bit you because I am a snake Mr. Turtle; that is my nature.”

These idiots running this country today are just like the turtle.


4 posted on 09/16/2012 6:45:46 AM PDT by Venturer
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crocodile
6 posted on 09/16/2012 6:52:47 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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What we need is a President with some cahones.


8 posted on 09/16/2012 6:57:17 AM PDT by Rappini (Pro Deo et Patria)
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“Yet I believe after my talks with Herr Hitler that, if only time were allowed, it ought to be possible for the arrangements for transferring the territory that the Czech Government has agreed to give to Germany to be settled by agreement under conditions which would assure fair treatment to the population concerned. . . .”

-Neville Chamberlain


10 posted on 09/16/2012 7:08:08 AM PDT by relictele
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The whole “dead hero” thing seemed very much like typical political / media
Propaganda - overdone and saccharine sweet.

I hope now we will start to get at the truth


11 posted on 09/16/2012 7:20:44 AM PDT by PGR88
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