Well, the mission was to rescue the hostages. If we just wanted to take out the armed students then that would have been an entirely different operation. It's not easy rescuing captives under those circumstances.
Howie --- On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:36 AM, Jerry Johnson scribed: --- > > Exactly. I remember at the time of the Iran Hostage Crisis a general > feeling of unease with our government, and then a feeling of panic and > anger when the rescue mission went awry and people realized that there > was little our government and military could do against a couple > hundred armed students. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175158 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
