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Old 03-23-2012, 08:39   #11
Richard
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Originally Posted by Dusty View Post
Who's "we"?
Well - the SPEC4 and I, for two...among all the others who were serving at that time.

I served during the Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GHW Bush, and Clinton administrations - didn't agree with a lot of the things they said or did, but they were the CINCs and I had faith in the system; still do.

Stein is rock in Deutsch - how appropriate. His remarks and position make me wonder if he wasn't one of those 'Polish Altimeters'** in a previous life.

Richard

** Olde HALO joke - you tie a 2200' piece of string to a rock and the other end to your wrist, and you throw it out of the aircraft ahead of you when you jump...and when the string goes slack, you 'pull'.
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