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Are Some in the Chain of Command Still Haunted by Carter's Failed Rescue in 1979?
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | October 26, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 10/26/2012 4:14:08 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: gaijin
We had dozens of pajama experts and you’d mention it to people, and they would look at you like you were totally crazy. AND IT BROUGHT DOWN A PRESIDENT.

He was impeached in the House, tried in the Senate and let go free. How is that "bringing down a president". He left office with a high approval rating because, after all, this was only about sex, according to every lib in the country.

21 posted on 10/26/2012 5:38:58 PM PDT by Holly_P
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To: Kaslin

I listened to this exchange. The retired officer really put himself out there and provided some excellent information.

And having been part of an ambassadors protection detail, in the not too distant past, I can assure you that if an ambassador puts out a help call, people are gonna come running. And they wouldn’t need permission.


22 posted on 10/26/2012 5:44:11 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Ronald_Magnus

No, Carter is safe on this issue, if no other. The problem was the plan, which called for mid-trip refueling and which took no account of contingencies like sandstorms in a freakin’ desert. No doubt Carter had nothing to do with the planning except to sign off.


23 posted on 10/26/2012 6:14:22 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Jemian

Not worse than Arnold. How many Americans would’ve died had we lost West Point. Impossible to say. Also, Arnold was to benefit directly. How this helps Obama I have no idea. You can say he was protecting the myth that the War on Terror is over or merely keeping bad news off the voters’ minds so near the election.

But the MSM would’ve covered it for them. All he did was make it a bigger story, and a story about him.


24 posted on 10/26/2012 6:20:12 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Kaslin

This is the most shocking material I have ever seen about the US government.

Treason is what it is called.


25 posted on 10/26/2012 6:40:06 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: qaz123; All

Specifically read comment number 26 ~

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950692/posts?q=1&;page=1

I think you’ll be a wee bit shocked ~!


26 posted on 10/26/2012 6:56:01 PM PDT by simplesimon
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To: GreyFriar

Just an FYI .... read my post number 26 on this thread ~


27 posted on 10/26/2012 7:04:21 PM PDT by simplesimon
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the ping. I think Valerie Jarrett would not give the President permission to launch the recovery for the same reason she would not give him permission to take out Osama bin Laden — a failed attempt would look bad politically. In this case, Panetta and the others were not ready to by-pass her and the President as they did in the case of Osama bin Laden.


28 posted on 10/26/2012 7:39:31 PM PDT by zot
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To: Tublecane
No doubt Carter had nothing to do with the planning except to sign off.

It was Carter personally demanding a combined service operation, and sending Beckwith other service helicopter pilots rather than letting him choose himself. Carter's helicopter pilots killed the mission.

29 posted on 10/26/2012 8:07:21 PM PDT by ansel12 (Mitt Romney is a mixture of LBJ and Nixon, Obama is a mixture of LBJ and Jimmy Carter.)
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the ping!


30 posted on 10/26/2012 9:23:45 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Ronald_Magnus

Carter did the right thing to TRY to rescue the hostages. Obama’s refusal to attempt rescue puts him in league with the al Quaeda who attacked us. His actions anured to the benefit of the killers of innocents. Obama did not have the courage to ORDER an attempt. It wasn’t like he would have to do the work himself. Just try. But politics got in the way of his duty. He made his choice. Now he needs to be held accountable....and I don’t mean the election. Congress needs to institute prosecution immediately to hold him accountable. This country cannot stand this type of despotism. It won’t long be tolerated. Carters’ was an honest foolishness. Obamas’ is deliberative and traitorous.


31 posted on 10/26/2012 9:52:11 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter (,)
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To: Kaslin
We all know that the video excuse for the attack was false, but shouldn’t the response have been the same regardless of the “why”? They were made aware of an attack on our embassy and that American lives were at stake including THE ambassador within an hour of its onset, there is simply NO excuse for why help was not dispatched ASAP - and it COULD have saved the lives of those four who died. The reason for the attack could have been addressed at a later point, but the higher priority was those Americans who died with NO HOPE of rescue because of the cowardice of the “folks” who are in charge... for now.
32 posted on 10/26/2012 10:21:21 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: simplesimon

I listened to it from beginning to end. Its not often that Rush will just sit in silence while a caller talks. And he was doing plenty of that while this guy was putting it all out there.

With the language he was speaking, I have no doubt that he’s the real deal.

Hope this doesn’t come back and bite him in the a**, as the people he was criticizing are a wee bit vindictive.


33 posted on 10/27/2012 1:22:35 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: ansel12
Carter's helicopter pilots killed the mission.

More revisionist history from a congenital ignoramus.

34 posted on 10/27/2012 4:51:55 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

You really are a nasty posting stalker, no matter what the thread, or the topic, you make a nonsensical personal attack.

You need to grow up and learn some adult discipline to control your emotions.


35 posted on 10/27/2012 8:48:50 AM PDT by ansel12 (Mitt Romney is a mixture of LBJ and Nixon, Obama is a mixture of LBJ and Jimmy Carter.)
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To: ansel12
You're a congenital liar and a phony and got taken to school back in 2009 for parroting the same BS in Kyle's editorial masquerading as a book.

You need to stop acting like a poser, poser.

36 posted on 10/27/2012 9:12:04 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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You admit you are a stalker and I am shocked at the level that you have taken this personal pain with you around freerepublic, I see you on thread after thread making these incredible personal attacks, when you could just merely post to the person about the topic at hand.

Whatever I did to you seems to have scarred you for life, but you need to try and get over it.

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37 posted on 10/27/2012 10:44:41 AM PDT by ansel12 (Mitt Romney is a mixture of LBJ and Nixon, Obama is a mixture of LBJ and Jimmy Carter.)
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You admit you are a stalker and I am shocked at the level that you have taken this personal pain with you around freerepublic, I see you on thread after thread making these incredible personal attacks, when you could just merely post to the person about the topic at hand.

Whatever I did to you seems to have scarred you for life, but you need to try and get over it.

You could even show a little respect for freerepublic guide lines.


38 posted on 10/27/2012 10:44:41 AM PDT by ansel12 (Mitt Romney is a mixture of LBJ and Nixon, Obama is a mixture of LBJ and Jimmy Carter.)
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You admit you are a stalker and I am shocked at the level that you have taken this personal pain with you around freerepublic, I see you on thread after thread making these incredible personal attacks, when you could just merely post to the person about the topic at hand.

Whatever I did to you seems to have scarred you for life, but you need to try and get over it.

You could even show a little respect for freerepublic guide lines.


39 posted on 10/27/2012 10:44:44 AM PDT by ansel12 (Mitt Romney is a mixture of LBJ and Nixon, Obama is a mixture of LBJ and Jimmy Carter.)
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40 posted on 10/27/2012 11:35:43 AM PDT by CodeToad (Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
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