Comments on: The spy novel-like case of Raymond Davis http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/2011/02/23/the-spy-novel-like-case-of-raymond-davis/ Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Greg33 http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/2011/02/23/the-spy-novel-like-case-of-raymond-davis/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 Greg33 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:52:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/?p=684#comment-1916 There probably is more than meets the eye to this case, but for poor Davis, his fate seems to be in peariless hands at best. Our govt won't be too pushy in trying to secure his release because e got her hand caught in the cookie jar. However, Davis should not be left to fend for himself. We should be adament in his securing his release. Poor, Mr. Davis. I bet Pakistan feels like a long long way from the hills of Southwest Virginia. There probably is more than meets the eye to this case, but for poor Davis, his fate seems to be in peariless hands at best. Our govt won’t be too pushy in trying to secure his release because e got her hand caught in the cookie jar. However, Davis should not be left to fend for himself. We should be adament in his securing his release. Poor, Mr. Davis. I bet Pakistan feels like a long long way from the hills of Southwest Virginia.

]]> By: seymourfroggs http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/2011/02/23/the-spy-novel-like-case-of-raymond-davis/comment-page-1/#comment-1869 seymourfroggs Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:42:10 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/?p=684#comment-1869 Interesting story. I wonder if we will come to know if the would-be assailants were 'just' robbers, or al Quaeda sympathisers. Do street robbers usually carry weapons? Maybe they do. What weapons did they have? I can understand a CIA operative being ready to defend himself like this, 'cos that's what he's taught. But the "street" won't view the matter with sympathy, any more than it would if the reverse had happened on US soil, as you describe! Interesting story. I wonder if we will come to know if the would-be assailants were ‘just’ robbers, or al Quaeda sympathisers.
Do street robbers usually carry weapons? Maybe they do. What weapons did they have?
I can understand a CIA operative being ready to defend himself like this, ‘cos that’s what he’s taught.

But the “street” won’t view the matter with sympathy, any more than it would if the reverse had happened on US soil, as you describe!

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