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Posted by Bacon (aka redmond) Feb 22 '13, 21:44

I like the Jimmy Carter narration at the end. I love the quote that they got all the hostages back peacefully. Peacefully? Really Jimmy John?

Uh, hey Jim Boy. You had a bunch of Delta Force soldiers splattered dead all over the desert trying to get the hostages back.

Nice try there Jim Bob, you may want to rewrite history, but I lived in the 70s. I remember your horrible administration.

I did love Argo though.

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All the hostages were returned without going to war. Hence, from one point of view, it was a peaceful process -- nm - Mr. Havens Feb 23, 03:58
"In fact, it would be fairer to say that Eagle Claw suffered from overly ambitious planning, the wrong hardware, and the absence of a �red team� -- (link) - charlie Feb 22, 21:49 9
- Question for you, or anyone that wants to answer. If Obama launches that raid to kill Osama Bin Ladin, and the copters are shot down all men killed. - Bacon Feb 22, 22:14 7
  - He still wins. There would have been a price to pay but not a heavy one. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 23, 06:27
  - well, i don't think Bin Laden gets away because they could have still leveled the compound with a cruise missile - charlie Feb 22, 22:17 2
    - I know that the Democrats used Tora Bora against Bush. Our last chance at Bin Ladin before we finally got him -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 22:19 1
      - there's a difference between taking an action that fails and not taking any action at all - charlie Feb 22, 22:22
  - If they were all killed would we have known about it - or would it just have been helicopters shot down by rebel fire? -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 22:16 2
    - It was in Pakistan, I think it would have made news. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 22:19
    - I think for the purposes of my hypothetical question. We follow the rules of the failed Iranian Hostage Rescue. The media finds out about it. -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 22:18
- That was a good read. Picked up a few more techical details. -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 21:55

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