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Postman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-04 10:17 AM
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I thought the "US doesn't negotiate for hostages"?
http://www.click2houston.com/news/3014489/detail.html

Does anyone remember the Iran-Contra Scandal? They negotiated for hostages.
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-04 10:18 AM
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1. Funny...I thought we were "at war", therefore there are NO HOSTAGES
I HATE double-speak. :mad:
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-04 10:20 AM
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2. Hostages, POW's, and Enemy Combatants
Who can keep up?
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-04 10:21 AM
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3. One man's "hostage", is another man's POW....
and so on and so on and so on... :eyes:
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Alpharetta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-17-04 10:23 AM
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4. maybe Ollie North is in Iraq right now to trade guns for hostages
Too bad our venerated leader Ronald Reagan is no longer
capable of brokering the deal.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/18/archive/
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