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posted by [identity profile] name-redacted.livejournal.com at 12:29am on 12/01/2006
Five million dollars to give the revolutionaries 13 more hostages and a fancy billion-dollar toy they could show off on TV? Yeah, that would've been a bargain. :-\
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posted by [identity profile] caramida.livejournal.com at 12:36am on 12/01/2006
Ok. They'd need more lift capacity than 13, granted. But imagine what might have been different had a US rescue attempt succeeded.
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posted by [identity profile] name-redacted.livejournal.com at 01:13am on 12/01/2006
Oh, indubitably. But think about this for just a minute - you're going to land a dozen billion dollar, 120 ft tall rockets full (or half-full) of hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the middle of a hostile crowd in downtown Tehran?

I'm sorry, this sounds like a technological "solution" looking for a problem, as a way to funnel more money to the military-industrial complex. Much like Curious George's Mission to Mars...
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posted by [identity profile] caramida.livejournal.com at 02:17am on 12/01/2006
Well put.
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