I have always opposed a military attack against Iran. Please do not say this, it’s tough enough to get through all the confusion without adding misinformation. I want to support revolution in Iran, just as we did in the Soviet Union.
10/29/2006 3:15:32 PM PST
· 6 of 14 MLedeen
to Thebaddog
well once you saw it was AP you knew he was going to die, didn't you? they have hundreds of miraculous cures every month, how many times have you read about that? or the incredible work done at Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval Hospital?
No SecState has been elected President, or even made a good run for the job. That is because foreign policy is a minefield, and mistakes are inevitable, so she will have many serious wounds four years from now.
it is shocking that pinkerton believes the failure to check his passport is a sign of Dutch laxness. doesn't he know that internal borders have been abolished among a whole series of european countries? it's called the schengen group, includes france, germany, belgium, netherlands, italy, spain, etc.
i'm not so sure. the way it reads, makes it sound like the permission was needed to make sure there weren't other marines in that area, taking care of it. the longish delay was to save our guys, if that's right.
my guess is that other action was proposed, that they had good information, and wanted to make sure everyone was where he should be.
In my experience, when the FBI has a real case, they don't go to Leslie Stahl. They go to a grand jury. They incict, prosecute, and incarcerate. When they leak, it usually means they don't have a real case. Time will tell...Larry Franklin is a little guy, a patriotic civil servant. he doesn't deserve this.