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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
The Desert One Debacle by Mark Bowden
2006-04-23
Long, great piece in The Atlantic by Mark Bowden. Everything you need to know about the screw-up in the desert and why it haunts us today.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  It's ok Mac, it's ok. Don't be so hard on yourself The blessed Virgin accepts your confession. Now depart, say 10 Hail Mary's and sin no more, ie., vote for another donk dem as long as you live.
Posted by: Father Rant   2006-04-23 18:50  

#7  Heaven help me, I voted for him his first term. I was young, stupid, and voting for the first time. Four years later, I made it an absolute point to be back in the United States so I could vote against him. Four more years with him at the helm and the Communists would have won the Cold War and America would be a Third World country. What a contemptible President he turned out to be!
Posted by: mac   2006-04-23 18:36  

#6  I was 14 yrs old when Carter was elected president and I as a youth thought he was the worst president alive and was so damn glad when he lost after his first term. That man is a disgrace and the worst president I have ever known.
Posted by: djohn66   2006-04-23 17:48  

#5  Every time Carter speaks we should throw Iran and Afghanistan in his stinking face. Moral giant? I think he's a cretin and incompetent pissant who never have been Peter-Principled to president had it not been for Watergate and a agenda-driven journalistic pack. PTUI!
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-23 17:10  

#4  Thanks for the rememberance Paul.
Posted by: Send Me   2006-04-23 16:12  

#3  The author never mentioned the five guys that were HALOed into the mountains behind Teheran at night to set up links for the rescuers. Jumped out of a jet at 25,000 ft, chutes opened at 500 ft AGL. One guy's chute didn't open and he died. The other four were abandoned by Jimmuh, who did not allow a pickup. They escaped and evaded across Iran for four terrifying and arduous months until they got to Afghanistan. We can thank Jimmuh for the problems with Iran today. Romeo Bravo.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-04-23 15:49  

#2  Thanks! Excellent post. I wasn't sure Long was even still among us.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-23 14:12  

#1  Long anticipated piece, thanks or the linky.
Posted by: Captain America   2006-04-23 10:48  

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