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| The Richard Armitage bio was pretty informative, but, I was surprised the information from William Stevensons article "Bank of Intrigue" was not listed. This guy was in the news quite a bit in the 70's and 80's and mentioned by "Bo Gritz;" ""General Khun Sa" from Berma; The Nugan Hand Bank incident;" as well as publications; "The politics of Herion in South East Asia" being one.I knew this guy's name brought up something from the past, and I'm more than a little surprised no one is talking about "it" anymore (especially with all the herion flowing out of Afganistan these days.) I was warned away from these issues many years ago from a very credible source from the CIA's past, and dropped my research, but I would love to see some soul (braver than I) bring the issues back into the light.
An old soldier . . . == First paragraph worded as a "put-down". Sounds rhetorical, biased. == The second line: "He was found to be too slow for varsity play and instead began a lifelong obsession with lifting weights." Could be worded so as not to imply that Armitage was mentally slow. Further, the subjective term "obsession" is needlessly employed. This sort of partisan slant is one of the reasons Wiki has become broadly rejected as an acceptable source by academe. 71.198.218.1 19:53, 13 July 2007 (UTC)Steve B. Santa Cruz, CA | |
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Controversy
There's also a lot of controversy around this guy, maybe someone can add a section on that eventually. Themindset 17:50, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
This guy is a dirtbag. He is running around allowing the media to portray him as a former Navy SEAL. He was never a Navy SEAL. As a graduate of the Naval Academy, he has violated our sacred honor code by allowing a false sense of his military record to be circulated among the public. Scumbags like this guy get great jobs and benefits they do not deserve, depriving others of a job that they would be entitled to.
Well scumbag he may be but there are some indications his diplomatic talents prevented a nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India.... http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/000293.php If it's true...
I love him.
he did not stop a nuclear war! thats a lie. the washington post is not always truthful. i hate him and so does every Pakistani.
I think that as an undeniable CONTROVERSIAL public figure this man deserves to have a Controversy section on his page (especially given his widely publicized role in the Plame affair which is mentioned on the page but not focused on.) I would have to say that it seems like a pretty glowing article for a man about whom public opinion is divided. 50.170.76.168 (talk) 04:36, 25 March 2016 (UTC)masonpew
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