Yes, probably that, and energetic gifts of good ol American industrial
products, perhaps as surprise anonymous deliveries.
--R
On 8/27/15 4:36 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Nice phrasing "intimate cultural exchange"... yes.. red is positive.. black
is negative.. always wet the .. That k
Nice phrasing "intimate cultural exchange"... yes.. red is positive.. black
is negative.. always wet the .. That kind?
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking too there might have been some significant differences in the
> inti
I'm thinking too there might have been some significant differences in
the intimate cultural exchanges (and methods thereof) you both had on
your disparate jobs.
--R
On 8/27/15 12:33 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Ummm... not really Andrew but a nice fantasy, none the less..
Pretty sure
Ummm... not really Andrew but a nice fantasy, none the less..
Pretty sure the Peace Corps Manual has no sections on "Clandestine
Insertion" or "Securing Foreign Information for Transmittal to Section
Chief".
But, if you think so, drop in to that big building at Fort Meade, just down
the road
From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing
applications" in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going
native, and had Mr. Glock (or one of his friends) as a partner, but
other than that, yeah, he was pretty much on his own and kinda enjoyed
his intimate cultural exc
I could do the same thing in the Peace Corps sans worry and sans glock.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> From what I could gather from the boy, when not "processing applications"
> in the embassy or whatever, he was out in the bush going
Rule#1: Never volunteer for duty in a country with a name that ends in
"stan". They are all garden tour destinations.
If adrenaline is your drug, live in a foreign country while doing
clandestine work with only the cloth on your back for a support team. I
can't imagine why they might divorce.. ha.
I knew a guy who had been "defense attache" to Tajikastan or one of
those garden spots, back in the early 90s. He could speak rooshan like
a native. He was a pretty crazy guy, Navy SEAL or something who got
into "that" side of the bidness. He had some crazy stories about the
fun times in Tst
I think you may have Shah of Iran confused with Saddam of Iraq Once
Shah was deposed, he left to live in exile [then died].. Saddam is a
different chronology, different country...
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I'm sure it was nice
I'm sure it was nice as long as you weren't a brutally represses
political dissident.
It is good to know this hominy cat is so benevolent and there are no
brutally repressed political dissidents there now.
Along with no queers, no dogs, no hogs, no Jews, no Christians.
(please ignore that fa
I'm sure it was nice as long as you weren't a brutally represses political
dissident.
So the Iranians run out the shah and the US decides that's a bad deal so we set
him back up, he then basically goes on a killing spree and we wonder why they
don't like us...
The best thing we could do to the
No Such Agency kept a very quiet presence in the "good old days" of HUMIT,
when feet on the ground truly was "feet on ground" ... and "silent but
deadly" meant more than the passing of intestinal gas in an elevator.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com
Spook is accurate given the nature of the work.
On Aug 26, 2015 10:12 PM, "G Mann via Mercedes"
wrote:
> Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term...
>
> I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information".
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebe
Ah.. "spook" is such an ugly term...
I much prefer "Cultural Attache" or "Minister of Information".
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that was
> attached to the embassy
A close friend of mine is an Army brat, and her dad was a spook that was
attached to the embassy in Tehran before things went south. She attended
elementary school there. Said it was a really wonderful place under the Shah.
Dan
> On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes
> wro
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