Bruce » 01 Jul 2023, 7:46 pm » wrote: ↑
It came out of a clear blue sky.
They took our people. They paraded them in front of cameras. And of us alive then, politically aware young women seemed to be by far, the angriest.
She had freckles on her cheeks and greenish blue eyes, and could speak French and Spanish.
My mother came to visit one weekend and she sat out in the lobby shining up to her and having Mama play her guitar.
Mama also agreed with her about those damned Iranians, said they were like those Japs that tortured our boys during the Bataan Death March.
I’ve never been so tempted.
And JD Souther did not help any, playing her favorite dance tune on the radio.
https://youtu.be/quglprlSQ8k
Today we are used to Americans being abused in other places, but then it was cause for war.
I thought Carter was a ******, to not bomb those bastards.