Gunny
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Look what happened to America under his watch. Hostages taken, a failed Military attempt to free them, recession, double digit unemployment, along with double digit inflation, mortgage rates at 19-20%.
Care to expound on your pathetically failing post James. I didn't think you would
Hostages were taken not due to actions taken by Carter. In 1953, the CIA overthrew the Democratically elected leader of Iran because he threatened to nationalize British oil. He was replaced with the Shah of Iran, who along with his secret police, SAVAK, repressed the Iranian people. It's one of the reasons also why many Iranians hate America today.
In 1979, the Shah fell, the people now in charge were pissed off, and took hostages.
Note: I'm not saying it was right that they took hostages, but you can't blame Carter for the fact hostages were taken.
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The Former President of Iran, Bani-Sadr, also stated that Reagan made a deal with Teheran to delay the release of the hostages.
And if you don't believe that, not sure what to tell you. It isn't exactly far-fetched considering not even five years later, Reagan and his Administration are making secret weapons deals with the Iranians and Contras.
Wrong. I can blame Carter for the ineptness in which he handled the hostage crisis.
And no, I don't believe Reagan made any deal to delay the release of the hostages. That's leftwing smear machine rhetoric. If you look at what would have been at risk for him had something like that been found out, it would not have been worth to him, IMO.
Fact is, the Iranians knew they wouldn't be facing Jimmy Carter anymore but they aren't going to come out and say they worried someone with some balls might do something. They're going ot paint themselves in a good light.
Those secret weapons deals were for what purpose? To secure the release of other hostages. It doesn't make it legal, but it's not like they were doing it without a good reason.