Old U.S. Allies, Still Hiding in Laos

NY Times ^ | 12/17/07 | Thomas Fuller

[Eleutheria5]

Four decades after the Central Intelligence Agency hired thousands of jungle warriors to fight Communists on the western fringes of the Vietnam War, men who say they are veterans of that covert operation are isolated, hungry and periodically hunted by a Laotian Communist government still mistrustful of the men who sided with America.

“If I surrender, I will be punished,” said Xang Yang, a wiry 58-year-old still capable of crawling nimbly through thick bamboo underbrush. “They will never forgive me. I cannot live outside the jungle because I am a former American soldier.”

[Eleutheria5]

And this is what we can expect in Iraq if we cut and run there, too.

[BOBTHENAILER]

I cannot live outside the jungle because I am a former American soldier.”

Consigned to that jungle by cut and run Democrats....and kept there by don't rock the boat Republicans.

[oneolcop]

Damned shame. Thanks to the left these brave men and their families were left behind.

[ConservativeMind]

We should consider amnesty for them, if this is true.

[Calpernia]

http://blog.barofintegrity.us/2008/02/16/john-mccain-pows-and-the-trade-embargo-that-shouldnt-have-been-lifted.aspx
John McCain, POWs and the Trade Embargo That Shouldn’t have been lifted

[Calpernia]

ping

[Calpernia]

They weren’t the only ones left behind.

http://www.aiipowmia.com/ssc/smth324.html
U.S. POW/MIAs Who May Have Survived In Captivity

Prepared by the Office of Senator Bob Smith
Vice-Chairman, Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs

[oneolcop]

I can’t bear to think about them. I suspect they’re all deceased by now. Living life as a POW in SEA must be living in hell.

[Calpernia]

I’m sure McCain and Kerry hope they are.

[Intolerant in NJ]

...periodically hunted by a Laotian Communist government...another of the dominoes which fell because the 'rats pushed us to bug out of Vietnam......

[pissant]

The arrogant little prick needs to have a stroke.

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks for this post and the ping.

I have never seen this particular document before!
Sen. Smith was on one of the videos and he was quite condemning of the chosen one.

[Just A Nobody]

Yes! Where are all the cheerleaders now?
They must be playing read no evil, see no evil.

[Calpernia]

I can’t even begin to describe the anger that festers in me when those that ‘cheerlead’ McCain dismiss the men that were left behind. Worse, not even left behind, sold out for profit. Those that don’t know, well, I can understand. But many here do know. That is so beyond evil.

[Just A Nobody]

I can’t even begin to describe the anger that festers in me when those that ‘cheerlead’ McCain dismiss the men that were left behind.

No need to describe it, my FRiend. I know the feeling all too well. It is especially distressing when they use the new tactics of using our current troops to shame us into voting for this %*&#^@%*$*($)@*&^!@%#$(*%)%&@*(^!!!

Profit = BEER! At least it wasn't for oil! Grrrrr

[Just A Nobody]

You are far too kind!

[BIGLOOK]

I remember.

That anger is shared.

[Grunthor]

“And this is what we can expect in Iraq if we cut and run there, too.”

And if we have any POW’s left behind, perhaps some Senator can cut a business deal to sentence those men to life in hell just like....I forget who did that to our POW’s and their families but it was a U.S. Senator and his name is just on the tip of my tongue....

[Just A Nobody]

It is good to know there are 3 of us that remember and will NEVER FORGET!

[Just A Nobody]

it was a U.S. Senator and his name is just on the tip of my tongue....

QUICK! Cut your tongue out!!!

[Grunthor]

naw, my tongue is long enough for me to see it.

[Eleutheria5]

“naw, my tongue is long enough for me to see it.”

Save it for later, after he’s elected instead of tweedle-evil and tweedle-utterly-mendacious. Tweedle-two-faced-Rino I can tolerate only just barely.

[Calpernia]

[Grunthor]

“Tweedle-two-faced-Rino I can tolerate only just barely.”

Ah. Haven’t had enough yet I see.

[Eleutheria5]

I’ll have enough right after November, five minutes after the polls close and I’ve...gulp...voted for him against...shiver...the other, and taken a long, hot bath.

[Grunthor]

I’ll have enough right after November, five minutes after the polls close and I’ve...gulp...voted for him against...shiver...the other, and taken a long, hot bath.

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LOL, I think I’d be crouched under the hottest shower I could stand, scrubbing my skin raw and repeating over and over, “unclean, unclean, it’s not coming off!”

[Eleutheria5]

Out, damned spot!

[Grunthor]

“Out, damned spot!’

I don’t get the reference, sorry.

[Eleutheria5]

Shakespeare, MacBeth

[Grunthor]

“Shakespeare, MacBeth”

I’ve heard of it.