If it is any consolation, Regan gave Iran 1,500 missiles in exchange for the American hostages in 1980. It was what won him the presidency over Carter. Regan set up a private deal to hold on to the hostages until after the election. What a dick :) On Jun 2, 2014 1:04 PM, "Andre DiMino" <adim...@sempersecurus.org> wrote:
> Not only that, but the trade made to secure his release certainly > seems.....asymmetric?? > > http://thehill.com/policy/defense/207930-graham-obama-released-taliban-dream-team?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is interesting reading.... I have not seen it reported like this >> by US Central Media. >> >> >> http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/02/we-lost-soldiers-in-the-hunt-for-bergdahl-a-guy-who-walked-off-in-the-dead-of-night.html >> >> It was June 30, 2009, and I was in the city of Sharana, the capitol of >> Paktika province in Afghanistan. As I stepped out of a decrepit office >> building into a perfect sunny day, a member of my team started talking >> into his radio. "Say that again," he said. "There's an American >> soldier missing?" >> >> There was. His name was Private First Class Bowe Bergdahl, the only >> prisoner of war in the Afghan theater of operations. His release from >> Taliban custody on May 31 marks the end of a nearly five-year-old >> story for the soldiers of his unit, the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute >> Infantry Regiment. I served in the same battalion in Afghanistan and >> participated in the attempts to retrieve him throughout the summer of >> 2000. After we redeployed, every member of my brigade combat team >> received an order that we were not allowed to discuss what happened to >> Bergdahl for fear of endangering him. He is safe, and now it is time >> to speak the truth. >> >> And that the truth is: Bergdahl was a deserter, and soldiers from his >> own unit died trying to track him down. >> ... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >> https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >> Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > > > -- > > Andre' M. DiMino > DeepEnd Research > http://deependresearch.org > http://sempersecurus.org > > "Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be > kind to each other and to everyone else" - 1 Thess 5:15 (NIV) > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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