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From: tjt@kobold.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Race, Jackson, Reagan and Goodman
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Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 21:38:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 11 21:38:32 1984
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There is an enormous difference between an active member of the armed
forces, captured during active duty, involved in a military engagement
and the capture of civilians in an embassy so I don't think you can
validly compare the response to Goodman's capture and the takeover of
the Iranian embassy.

With respect to Vietnam POW's: the real fuss about POWs and MIAs did
not start until *after* the US had stopped active military involvement
in Vietnam.   I don't recall any particular effort to repatriate pilots
captured in Vietnam, regardless of race (at least, not in the two or
three weeks immediately following their capture).
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	Tom Teixeira,  Massachusetts Computer Corporation.  Westford MA
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