Posted on 09/24/2011 3:16:24 PM PDT by Niuhuru
U.S. actor Sean Penn engaged in attempts to secure the release of two Americans freed by Iran this week, flying to Venezuela to ask President Hugo Chavez to intervene with Iran's leader, a source close to the release process said on Friday.
Since Tehran freed Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer on Wednesday details have emerged about the efforts to win their freedom, which involved the United Nations, Iraq and Oman - as well as Chavez, who is a fiery critic of the United States.
Venezuela's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday that Chavez brought up the case with his Iranian ally Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after being alerted to the Americans' plight by friends in U.S. 'intellectual circles.'
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Is that the one where he went full retard?
It always seems to take a movie star to get Iran to release captured Americans
Yep! Exactly what I’m thinkin’. Didn’t that Carter/Reagan thingy also happen in a little out of the way spot called Iran, too? just sayin’
Sure did.
Iran couldn’t get those hostages outta there fast enough when Ronnie won.
Life gets different *fast* when you swap a poodle for a pit bull.
Cause there’s no place good to hike in the US. No big forests or canyons or anything like that. A warzone is much better.
I thought the US had a “no money for hostages” policy?
Oh...wait...that was a different president.
Never mind.
Exactly! And the Alps are like soooo unpicturesqe and stuff, too!
Maybe they were wandering around looking for Barry’s passport.
Call me a sceptic but I doubt Penn had anything to do with this
****Perhaps they could have been freed earlier if they had just converted to Islam. That would have been funny****
“But, but I have a Berkeley degree in PEACE and CONFLICT studies! I’n on Your side!”
Ok, he probably didn’t say that but I bet he did as he promptly bad mouthed the US upon his release.
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/03_hikers.shtml
Drain Plug Penn after Katrina.
OMG Bender that greatest Fast Time reset I ever hear did Crazy nut job and Sean Penn going surfing later ROFL
Monk get in here ROFL
Sean Penn wears his political acumen on his sleeve.
I don't disparage the man over the other.
I disagree 180o with Sean Penn's political philosophy. IF you want to disparage the actor Sean Penn: those are fighting words. I AM amused by your presentaotin though...
i take it you have never seen Team America...
About like putting rose petals and steaming pile of feces in the same sentence.
He could have waited till 1/20/2013 like the Ayatollah did in 1981.
OK, now that right there was funny!
I’ll definately give Sean that, that he is a highly talented actor and his portrayal in “Dead Man Walking” was brilliant.
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