Re: We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

> If it is any consolation, Regan gave Iran 1,500 missiles in exchange for the
> American hostages in 1980.

Yeah, Regan was a piece of work. Iran-Contra went on when I was in
high school. I consider Regan an illegal arms dealer, and he should be
vilified in history, not honored. Six or seven of his top officials
went to prison after his presidency. The investigations stopped below
Reagan because of Bush Sr (another piece of work).

Here's the best part: the folks we are fighting now in the middle east
were Regan's "freedom fighters" in the 1980s. How the worm has
turned....

I'm glad the man is dead, and I'm glad I lived long enough to see it.
All folks like me can do is wish misfortune on these assholes since
they are rarely prosecuted for their crimes.

Jeff

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Steve Pirk <pirkster () gmail com> wrote:
> 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" <adimino () 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 <noloader () 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.
> > > ...

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