I always thought that was spite on the Iranians' part. But I from what I remember of the Iran thing, you really can't say Carter handled it in the best possible manner.
Dana On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:46:41 -0700, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132655 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
