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4. Compare Reagan's two week later response, compared to President Carter's.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 01:59 AM
Oct 2020

I served under both. With in hours of Operation Eagle Claw going FUBAR, Commander in Chief James Earl Carter took full and unequivocal responsibility for the failure, just like a Naval Officer should.

Two weeks after the worst single day the Marine Corps suffered since Operation Buffalo’67,
the best Raygun could do was a half assed dissembled excuse.

That so fucking pissed me off, not only for the craven unwillingness to acknowledge a horrendous fuck up, but also because my family had skin in the game regarding the suffering imposed upon Marines from the last elected Republican shitstain.

My family has alway tested negative to bone spurs.

Cousin Lenny, Con Tien

2nd Purple Heart.




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