Death of a dirty fighter

[ze_dscherman]

BANGKOK - Anthony A "Tony Poe" Poshepny, a decorated former official of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who collected enemy ears, dropped decapitated human heads from the air on to communists and stuck heads on spikes, was buried on the weekend in California.

Poshepny, who waged failed secret wars for the United States in Indonesia, Tibet and Laos, was often compared to the Marlon Brando character Kurtz in the movie Apocalypse Now.

SNIP

"He successfully fought terror with terror. He strove to instill courage and respect in the tribal and indigenous forces that he recruited and trained as well as fear in the enemy. In the post-September 11 security environment, fearless men like Tony Poe are what America needs to combat and counter terrorism and the new unconventional threat that America faces from abroad in exotic and uncharted lands," Smith said.

More shock and awe: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/EG08Ae02.html

[5thGenDemocrat]

1. Well, someone has to say it

Good riddance.
John
Successfully fought terror with terror? WTF are we doing in these "exotic and uncharted lands" in the first place?

[bpilgrim]

2. our 'third option', sheesh, he sounds like the ideal canidate...

it is truely hard sometimes to handle the truth :'(

peace

[w4rma]

3. IMHO, that's borderline Satanic...

:puke:

[hussar]

4. Good riddance

go back to hell and await this goverment, they will be joining you shortly.

[NNN0LHI]

5. I don't talk bad about the dead. Almost made an exception for this fellow

But I won't. Sure would have liked to have had a little "chat" with him while he was still healthy though. If you know what I mean?

Don

[Judi Lynn]

6. Jeez, I've heard of this monster, too.

What the HELL can they possibly say about him at his funeral?

They'll be giving it the old Republican spin, even as the world is still reeling from his evil presence.

Something went somewhat wrong in the heart of this "patriot."

(Don't forget the U.S. torturer specialist, Dan Mitrione, who was given a hero's funeral, after being flown home (after being murdered by the community he had tortured and murdered) by Richard Nixon who sent his son-in-law David Eisenhower to attend his funeral.)

[NickDanger]

9. A true patriot and Freeper hero

I wonder whether the Freepazoids are saying anything on this?

Did Ms. Coulter lionize this guy in her latest book, for his efforts fighting communism?

[saigon68]

11. DRIVE A STAKE THROUGH DRACULA'S HEART

From the Article

" Poshepny said he twice hurled human heads from an aircraft on to his enemies in Laos, to terrify them. "We flew in real low, in front of that bastard's house, and I threw the head so it bounced right on his porch and into his front door," Poshepny, laughing, told me at his San Francisco home in 2001. "

What a piece of work this guy was.

Sounds like something the SS in Russia, the Baltics and Poland did

CA: 1943

[Aidoneus]

7. quite a disturbing fellow

I feel a bit safer knowing he's no longer around.

Throwing rocks at severed heads to raise morale?! Yeah, that's what America needs. :eyes:

[ze_dscherman]

8. "His" Hmong Army still exists

I just found the link again, read about it some time ago.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030703/80/e3nv6.html

[Pert_UK]

10. Fight Terror with Terror???

Genius.

We're allowed to do it because we're right. They aren't allowed to do it because they're wrong.

Well, I'm persuaded.......

Doesn't anyone understand that the thing that sets legitimate government apart from terrorism is that legitimate government refuses to adopt the tactics of the enemy, no matter what provocation?

If you fight fire with fire all you get is a bigger fire.

P.