In 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. A friend from Santa Fe snuck across the border from Pakistan to take pictures for Life Magazine, and was captured by the Soviets.
I was living in Arizona at the time and contacted my Senator (John McCain.) He took an immediate interest in the case and was instrumental in getting the release secured several months later.
Another friend from Los Alamos was the top American marathoner and a likely gold medal winner at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was denied the opportunity to win by Jimmy Carter – who forced the American athletes to not compete in the Olympics.
Carter was too busy handing Iran over to the pedophile Khomeni, and attempting to destroy the Western Slope of Colorado with oil shale development.
Carter really screwed the pooch on the 80 Oylmpics. But then his entire administration was and is a monument to incompetence. Obama has been worse in many ways, but he did do one thing (kind of like Mussolini – who made sure the trains run on time).
Well, now that I feel totally sickened by reading that Khomeni link I’m off to work.
If it feels good, do it!
Good for John McCain on that account. But as I pointed out in my Dec 2010 American Thinker article, he was hoodwinked by Greenpeace / Ozone Action people into believing in global warming in 2000: “The Case of the Curious Climate Covenant” http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/12/the_case_of_the_curious_climat.html