should Carter have handled the crisis differently?
the US was humiliated
should we have bombed Iran?
bombing brought the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table
bombing helped bring the Kosovo problem to the table
with Iran having a big oil industry--bombing them would've been even more effective than the bombing of North Vietnam
would the religious hardliners of Iran overcome the more ''sensible'' leaders/businessmen who would not want Iran's oil industry ruined?
Attacks on embassies are considered as attacking the country's soil itself, so there is that. I don't think it was clear at the time there was even a government, though, so who do you attack, exactly? After that became clear, then yes, we should have attacked. If we had, a whole lot of instability and death would have been nipped in the bud.
There wasn't any death. No shots were fired at all. The hostages were brought home entirely through diplomacy. Alive and well.
You can't subtract from zero.
as Pcaro states--this was an attack on the US when they invaded our embassy........
it's not like some moron taking hostages at a bank or something
what about Operation Eagle Claw?? Jimmy was willing to risk their lives then on an IDIOTIC rescue mission?
that probably risked their lives more than bombing would've
Jimmy made a very bad call...if you know anything about military history/tactics
he wanted to use military force--but in a stupid way