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Originally Posted by Boon Mee;514858Not citing any rightwing blogs here Stroll but my own and the majority of folks interpretation of the events. Jimmah had 4 years in office to get those hostages released and could not pull his thumb out. It took a guy like Ollie & Ronald Reagan backing him up to get the job done. BTW, Bubba [I was[/i] found guilty - recall the spunk-stained blue dress and Lewinsky's testimony?  | Jimmah had four years in Office, but the Iran hostages were held for 444 days, from Nov. 4th 1979 to Jan 20 1981, when they were released. Or the final one third of his term. "The crisis ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords in Algeria on January 19, 1981. The hostages were formally released into United States custody the following day, just minutes after the new American president Ronald Reagan was sworn in." Iran hostage crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why do so many of you go on as if the release of the Hostages was a triumph of the Reagan administration- it had nothing to do with him, hell he had not even taken his seat in the Oval Office when the deal was thrashed out.  |
Because, Iran saw Carter as weak (which he was) and thus had America over a barrel. They knew in their dark little wat jai's, Ronnie would do something a little more
agressive?