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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 08:03 PM May 2016

Irony comes full circle...

The Navy SEAL who recently died in the aftermath of Bush Junior's iil-fated adventurism against Iraq, Charlie Keating IV, was the grandson of a bad actor in the aftermath of Pappy Bush's ill-fated financial adventurism against the Savings and Loan industry, Charles Keating Jr.

Tangled webs of fate connect.

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Irony comes full circle... (Original Post) MrScorpio May 2016 OP

Now the name can be remembered as a hero. NightWatcher May 2016 #1

I Didn't Realize.... COL Mustard May 2016 #2

By any measure, it seems that the late Keating was a far cry from his crooked father and grandfather MrScorpio May 2016 #3

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

1. Now the name can be remembered as a hero.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:06 PM

May 2016

COL Mustard

(5,897 posts)

2. I Didn't Realize....

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:16 PM

May 2016

He'd been identified. Condolences to his loved ones and to his teammates.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

3. By any measure, it seems that the late Keating was a far cry from his crooked father and grandfather

Reply to COL Mustard (Reply #2)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:33 PM

May 2016

A person who was willing to serve his country, rather that exploit it for personal gain. Perhaps he learned something by his predecessors' examples.

It's a shame that he had to come to such a tragic end.

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