I was in the AFEES station in Oakland CA being sworn in to the United States Marine Corp the day the Hostages were released. I watched the Hostages get of the plane, the news station then switched to Reagan being sworn in, then they called us in to raise our hands. As much as I admire what Carter has done since he has been out of office, I don't see how anyone can credit him with freeing the hostages. It seems to me to be a little more than coincidental that they were released as Reagan was being sworn in. I'm not a big fan of the 3 trillion dollar deficiet Reagan chalked up. But I believe his presence had more to do with the hostages coming home than anything Carter did.
-----Original Message----- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: electoral college Carter released the hostages? I thought the Dems claimed Reagan bribed Iran not to release them? October surprise? For 444 days Carter did nothing. He even claims today if he could go back he'd do the same thing. He was told when to go in with the choppers and do the rescue and when not to because of the sand storms. He ignored all the military advisors and went in way too late sending eight men to their death. Carter threatening Iran not to hurt the hostages could only be seen as a joke. Nice try to re-write history though. -sm --- Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You must nto have done any research into what Jimmy > Carter did because > he was responsible for the Iran Hostages being > released. He was > responsible for them not being hurt he told them > point blank if you > kill someone we'll invade and if you hurt one of > them we'll make sure > you never trade with the outside world. > > He did alot to try and heal wounds from vietnam and > close the open sore. > > He was more then just some knucklehead for the past > 4 years. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132332 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
