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malaise

(268,967 posts)

12. Here's my question

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2012, 04:04 PM

May 2012

How come Carter was blamed for that failure but Obama cannot claim success.
I smell an attempted swiftboating from RW ex navy seals. This one will fail.

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Jimmy Carter's failed Iran hostage rescue mission.. [View all] kentuck May 2012 OP

I thought that was already acknowledged. HiPointDem May 2012 #1

"he miserable failure of Carter's Desert One rescue attempt may have been deliberate." Why teddy51 May 2012 #2

Sabotage malaise May 2012 #3

Sabotage RobertEarl May 2012 #4

Thanks for posting this... I'd forgotten (perhaps never knew) the details... hlthe2b May 2012 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author kristopher May 2012 #6

This belongs in the conspiracy theory forum. kristopher May 2012 #6

No.. the OP is simply a reminder of the events.. The article may suggest there were intentional acts hlthe2b May 2012 #11

Not every failure is a conspiracy. former9thward May 2012 #9

Sometimes. kentuck May 2012 #10

Here's my question malaise May 2012 #12

The NAVY choppers failed qkvhj May 2012 #13

That's encouraging. kentuck May 2012 #15

i was 1 years old when this happened and even i know about it now JI7 May 2012 #14