Word: mayaguez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were not sure what was happening, but I felt something had to be done" was the way Gerald Ford explained his recapture of the cargo ship Mayaguez in the Gulf of Thailand in 1975. "Let's do it" was Reagan's simple command that sent F-14 pilots aloft on a risky mission in the Mediterranean that apprehended and forced down the Egyptian airliner carrying the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro...
When you enter an arena, you see ads all over the place. They are mostly concentrated on the court where the television can pick them up. For example, in Mayaguez, there is a Heineken logo in the foul lane. giving the overall effect of a conical beer...
Helms contends that a President who finally is afraid to risk a Bay of Pigs, a Desert One or an Iranian arms deal will be reluctant to order a naval quarantine around Cuban missiles, recapture the hijacked ship Mayaguez, help the British in the Falklands or intercept the Achille Lauro terrorists. "In this game," says Helms, "some failure comes with the play. But we'd better not walk off the field...
...RESOLUTION'S RECORD during its 10 year history has been mixed. President Ford's actions during the Mayaguez piracy/kidnapping incident certainly involved a threat to US citizens, but not necessarily territory or service personnel. The same can be said about President Carter's abortive attempt to rescue the Iranian hostages, although he has been the only President to date who has complied with the Resolution as a whole. The case for Reagan' actions is more tenuous still. Lebanon had almost no Americans in residence last year, and moreover we have no formal defense agreement with the Lebanese Government. The question...
...Jerry Ford what he liked best: tramping through the snow with Henry Kissinger in Vladivostok to work out a SALT agreement or sending the Marines after the Mayaguez? Ten to one for peace. And Jimmy Carter will never come closer to heaven in this life than when he flew back from Camp David to announce that Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat had accepted his peace accords...