Re: Politics OT-Re: Books Banned in Utah.

In article <8du3dj5ugangf7klhupc5rmpqgt8tplqf1@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

The version I heard had the Iranians not wanting to release the
hostages till Carter was out of power with the end result being that
they were airborne hours before the inauguration but only landed after
Reagan was scheduled to be sworn in.

The Ayatollas had a very serious hate on for Carter because
he wouldn't extradite the Shah to them when he came to the
US for medical treatment.  The failed hostage rescue just put
the cherry on the top of that.

It was clear to me all along that they would never release
the hostages while Carter was President.  They waited until
Reagan inaugurated because (1) he was Not Carter, and (2)
they had serious misgivinges about what he would do.

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