WEBVTT - Carol Platt Liebau: Why This Mission Mattered

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<v Speaker 1>This is Carol Plattleibel for town Hall dot com. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a story that fills you with a very American kind

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<v Speaker 1>of pride. In a risky and costly operation, the US

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<v Speaker 1>rescued the missing pilot who had been shot down over Iran.

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<v Speaker 1>The operation involved hundreds of intelligence and military personnel, Navy

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<v Speaker 1>Seal Team six, Army Delta Force CA operatives who carried

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<v Speaker 1>out a deception campaign, even the destruction of two damaged aircraft,

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<v Speaker 1>all to find one man. Some questioned why America would

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<v Speaker 1>go to such extraordinary lengths just to recover a single pilot.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, we wanted to deny irona propaganda victory and

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<v Speaker 1>access to any intelligence the pilot possessed. But there's more

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<v Speaker 1>to it than that. We come from a Judaeo Christian worldview.

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<v Speaker 1>We believe every life is precious. We honor our fighting

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<v Speaker 1>men and women, and we don't leave any of them behind.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Carol Platt Libel