| Dear Members,
The strange thing is if that SEAL had been a USN, USAF or USMC (ie I don't know about US Army) pilot that Afghan would have been handed a "blood chit" which is printed on silk. A blood chit is a promise by the US government to pay in gold a certain amount which I believe is $40,000 dollars for the safe return of that pilot. It even has a registered number on each chit and pilots have to sign for them. The message is printed in eight languages. The most famous one was the one sewed on the flight jacket of the orginal Flying Tigers in China in 1942.
The US military was stupid for not paying him something and relocating him. The word would have gotten out and the Afghans would have treated any wounded lost US soldier like GOLD.
Finally, the dumbest thing the US is doing is when they find out they were fooled and handed some poor Afghan slob who has done nothing and they return the poor guy from Cuba they just leave them at the airport with 8 bucks! I mean they don't know how much heartache they could solve by handing those Afghans that are mistakenly captured as AQ or Taliban $400 or $500 dollars. And just say "Ooops! Were Sorry!'
Jack E. Hammond |