I know the feeling. Powell let me down in much the same way, and now Patraeus.
Sucks. On Oct 24, 2012 3:24 AM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote: > > When he betrayed the Panamanians...that just sickened me. One of those > life changing events...totally blew my image of the presidency > On Oct 24, 2012 2:20 AM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > They joined us with a light tank...they had covered up so no one could > see > > what it was...not even us > > On Oct 24, 2012 2:04 AM, "LRS Scout" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Joined you or jumped in? > >> > >> The 82nd, SF, Delta, SEALs 160th and others were there too. > >> > >> Were you in 7th inf? > >> > >> Shitty situation. Yeah, Sr. never really excited me, he rode Regan's > >> popularity into office and never seemed to be more than a stuffed shirt > to > >> me. > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Eric Roberts < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Bush Sr. Promised the Panamanians that if they staged a coup, and take > >> down > >> > Noriega on their own terms, we would back them up. On October 10, > 1989, > >> > they did that. Several of his officers staged a coup and had them in > >> their > >> > custody for most of the day at La Comandancia (Main Panamanian Defense > >> > Force > >> > HQ on Ancon Hill)...Our Battalion aid station and ALOC were located > just > >> > outside of the site, so we had a really good view of what was going on > >> > inside. We were given orders to stand down and not assist. Later > that > >> > afternoon/early evening, Noriega's Batalion 2000 (his SF unit) stormed > >> the > >> > Comandancia and freed him. We got to see the officers that stage the > >> coup > >> > get executed. This was still Operation Nimrod Dancer and it was > about a > >> > month before the rangers joined us to prepare for Just Cause. > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------ > >> > Three Ravens Consulting > >> > Eric Roberts > >> > Owner/Developer > >> > [email protected] > >> > tel: 630-486-5255 > >> > fax: 630-310-8531 > >> > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > >> > ------------------------------------ > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 12:23 AM > >> > To: cf-community > >> > Subject: Re: anyone watch last night's debate? > >> > > >> > > >> > I agree about Iraq, but what was the Panama stuff? General interest, > I > >> > always heard we handled Just Cause pretty well, many of my NCOs jumped > >> in. > >> > > >> > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Eric Roberts < > >> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > He also betrayed both the Panamanian and Iraqi people by backing out > >> > > of promises made at the last minute and people died as a result of > his > >> > > dishonor. > >> > > > >> > > ------------------------------------ > >> > > Three Ravens Consulting > >> > > Eric Roberts > >> > > Owner/Developer > >> > > [email protected] > >> > > tel: 630-486-5255 > >> > > fax: 630-310-8531 > >> > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > >> > > ------------------------------------ > >> > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 9:30 PM > >> > > To: cf-community > >> > > Subject: Re: anyone watch last night's debate? > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > You know, he didn't hurt things, that's really saying something. He > >> > > got to oversee the end of the cold war, and did some real good in > the > >> > > world, but he was so dry and staid that I don't think people could > >> > > ever really get passionate about him. > >> > > > >> > > Plus his CIA background and some of his family associations really > get > >> > me. > >> > > > >> > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Judah McAuley < > [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Puerile has to be the most blatantly stupid descriptor ever > applied > >> > > > to Obama. The others I disagree with but can see. But puerile? Do > >> > > > you even know what that word means? > >> > > > > >> > > > As for living President I'd least like to have a beer with, I'd > have > >> > > > to go with George H.W. Bush. The Simpsons episode was spot on > there. > >> > > > > >> > > > Judah > >> > > > > >> > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Jerry Barnes < > [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > "Why do you think Barack Obama is an asshole?" > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Let's check the qualifications: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > arrogant: Check > >> > > > > rude: Check > >> > > > > obnoxious: Check > >> > > > > condescending: Check > >> > > > > petulant: Check > >> > > > > aloof: Check > >> > > > > puerile: Check > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Ranking the living Presidents on the beer scale, he comes in > dead > >> > last. > >> > > > > Bill Clinton comes in first. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > The Beer Scale is the order in which I'd like to go to a bar and > >> > > > > have > >> > > > beer > >> > > > > with. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > J > >> > > > > > >> > > > > - > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Good fences make good neighbors. - Robert Frost > >> > > > > > >> > > > > It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. - > David > >> > > > > Hume > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
