Re: [MBZ] Iran
Yes, probably that, and energetic gifts of good ol American industrial products, perhaps as surprise anonymous deliveries. --R On 8/27/15 4:36 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Nice phrasing "intimate cultural exchange"... yes.. red is positive.. black is negative.. always wet the .. That kind? On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I'm thinking too there might have been some significant differences in the intimate cultural exchanges (and methods thereof) you both had on your disparate jobs. --R On 8/27/15 12:33 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ummm... not really Andrew but a nice fantasy, none the less.. Pretty sure the Peace Corps Manual has no sections on "Clandestine Insertion" or "Securing Foreign Information for Transmittal to Section Chief". But, if you think so, drop in to that big building at Fort Meade, just down the road from you. I'm sure you can just walk right in.. past the multiple electrified fences.. Tell them I said Hi... On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I could do the same thing in the Peace Corps sans worry and sans glock. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications" in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going native, and had Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but other than that, yeah, he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed his intimate cultural exchanges with the natives and others with whom he might or might not have come into close contact. ten-fo on the divorce... --R On 8/27/15 11:00 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of those garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun times in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. --R On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
Nice phrasing "intimate cultural exchange"... yes.. red is positive.. black is negative.. always wet the .. That kind? On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm thinking too there might have been some significant differences in the > intimate cultural exchanges (and methods thereof) you both had on your > disparate jobs. > > --R > > > On 8/27/15 12:33 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> Ummm... not really Andrew but a nice fantasy, none the less.. >> >> Pretty sure the Peace Corps Manual has no sections on "Clandestine >> Insertion" or "Securing Foreign Information for Transmittal to Section >> Chief". >> >> But, if you think so, drop in to that big building at Fort Meade, just >> down >> the road from you. I'm sure you can just walk right in.. past the multiple >> electrified fences.. Tell them I said Hi... >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I could do the same thing in the Peace Corps sans worry and sans glock. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications" in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going native, and had Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but other than that, >>> yeah, >>> he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed his intimate cultural exchanges with the natives and others with whom he might or might not >>> have >>> come into close contact. ten-fo on the divorce... --R On 8/27/15 11:00 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in > "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. > > If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing > clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I > can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of > those >>> garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a >> native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got >> into >> "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun >> times >> in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They >> ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. >> >> --R >> >> >> >> On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >> >> Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... >> >>> I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". >>> >>> >>> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> ___ >> > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
I'm thinking too there might have been some significant differences in the intimate cultural exchanges (and methods thereof) you both had on your disparate jobs. --R On 8/27/15 12:33 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ummm... not really Andrew but a nice fantasy, none the less.. Pretty sure the Peace Corps Manual has no sections on "Clandestine Insertion" or "Securing Foreign Information for Transmittal to Section Chief". But, if you think so, drop in to that big building at Fort Meade, just down the road from you. I'm sure you can just walk right in.. past the multiple electrified fences.. Tell them I said Hi... On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I could do the same thing in the Peace Corps sans worry and sans glock. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications" in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going native, and had Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but other than that, yeah, he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed his intimate cultural exchanges with the natives and others with whom he might or might not have come into close contact. ten-fo on the divorce... --R On 8/27/15 11:00 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of those garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun times in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. --R On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
Ummm... not really Andrew but a nice fantasy, none the less.. Pretty sure the Peace Corps Manual has no sections on "Clandestine Insertion" or "Securing Foreign Information for Transmittal to Section Chief". But, if you think so, drop in to that big building at Fort Meade, just down the road from you. I'm sure you can just walk right in.. past the multiple electrified fences.. Tell them I said Hi... On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I could do the same thing in the Peace Corps sans worry and sans glock. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications" > > in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going native, and had > > Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but other than that, > yeah, > > he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed his intimate cultural > > exchanges with the natives and others with whom he might or might not > have > > come into close contact. > > > > ten-fo on the divorce... > > > > --R > > > > > > > > On 8/27/15 11:00 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in > >> "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. > >> > >> If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing > >> clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I > >> can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of > those > >>> garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a > >>> native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into > >>> "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun > >>> times > >>> in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They > >>> ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. > >>> > >>> --R > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >>> > >>> Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... > > I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". > > > >>> ___ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >>> ___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications" in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going native, and had Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but other than that, yeah, he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed his intimate cultural exchanges with the natives and others with whom he might or might not have come into close contact. ten-fo on the divorce... --R On 8/27/15 11:00 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of those garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun times in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. --R On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
I could do the same thing in the Peace Corps sans worry and sans glock. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications" > in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going native, and had > Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but other than that, yeah, > he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed his intimate cultural > exchanges with the natives and others with whom he might or might not have > come into close contact. > > ten-fo on the divorce... > > --R > > > > On 8/27/15 11:00 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in >> "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. >> >> If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing >> clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I >> can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of those >>> garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a >>> native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into >>> "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun >>> times >>> in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They >>> ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. >>> >>> --R >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in "stan". They are all garden tour destinations. If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of those > garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a > native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into > "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun times > in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They > ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. > > --R > > > > On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... >> >> I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of those garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like a native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got into "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the fun times in Tstan. I knew his wife pretty well, she was kinda whack too. They ended up getting divorced, last I knew of her she was on hubby #3. --R On 8/26/15 10:12 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
I think you may have Shah of Iran confused with Saddam of Iraq Once Shah was deposed, he left to live in exile [then died].. Saddam is a different chronology, different country... On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm sure it was nice as long as you weren't a brutally represses political > dissident. > > So the Iranians run out the shah and the US decides that's a bad deal so > we set him back up, he then basically goes on a killing spree and we wonder > why they don't like us... > > The best thing we could do to the middle east is leave the whole dang > place alone. They don't like us and EVERYTHING we do there turns to crap, > but no,we've got this hero complex, we're going to fix it all you just > wait... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
I'm sure it was nice as long as you weren't a brutally represses political dissident. It is good to know this hominy cat is so benevolent and there are no brutally repressed political dissidents there now. Along with no queers, no dogs, no hogs, no Jews, no Christians. (please ignore that fact that this utopian wonderland was created by killing all the above.) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
I'm sure it was nice as long as you weren't a brutally represses political dissident. So the Iranians run out the shah and the US decides that's a bad deal so we set him back up, he then basically goes on a killing spree and we wonder why they don't like us... The best thing we could do to the middle east is leave the whole dang place alone. They don't like us and EVERYTHING we do there turns to crap, but no,we've got this hero complex, we're going to fix it all you just wait... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
No Such Agency kept a very quiet presence in the "good old days" of HUMIT, when feet on the ground truly was "feet on ground" ... and "silent but deadly" meant more than the passing of intestinal gas in an elevator. On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Spook is accurate given the nature of the work. > On Aug 26, 2015 10:12 PM, "G Mann via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... > > > > I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that > was > > > attached to the embassy in Tehran before things went south. She > attended > > > elementary school there. Said it was a really wonderful place under > the > > > Shah. > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Grant wrote: > > > >> During his rule, I spent 2 yrs in Iran on a government contract, so > I > > > got > > > >> to know the country pretty well. > > > > > > > > That forms a wealth of experience from which to speak - thanks. > > > > My impression has been that, as you say, "The Persian women are among > > > > the most beautiful in the world..." > > > > mao > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
Spook is accurate given the nature of the work. On Aug 26, 2015 10:12 PM, "G Mann via Mercedes" wrote: > Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... > > I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that was > > attached to the embassy in Tehran before things went south. She attended > > elementary school there. Said it was a really wonderful place under the > > Shah. > > > > Dan > > > > > > > On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Grant wrote: > > >> During his rule, I spent 2 yrs in Iran on a government contract, so I > > got > > >> to know the country pretty well. > > > > > > That forms a wealth of experience from which to speak - thanks. > > > My impression has been that, as you say, "The Persian women are among > > > the most beautiful in the world..." > > > mao > > > > > > ___ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term... I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information". On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that was > attached to the embassy in Tehran before things went south. She attended > elementary school there. Said it was a really wonderful place under the > Shah. > > Dan > > > > On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Grant wrote: > >> During his rule, I spent 2 yrs in Iran on a government contract, so I > got > >> to know the country pretty well. > > > > That forms a wealth of experience from which to speak - thanks. > > My impression has been that, as you say, "The Persian women are among > > the most beautiful in the world..." > > mao > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Iran
A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that was attached to the embassy in Tehran before things went south. She attended elementary school there. Said it was a really wonderful place under the Shah. Dan > On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Grant wrote: >> During his rule, I spent 2 yrs in Iran on a government contract, so I got >> to know the country pretty well. > > That forms a wealth of experience from which to speak - thanks. > My impression has been that, as you say, "The Persian women are among > the most beautiful in the world..." > mao > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
