Carter turned his back on the Shah in support of the "Holy Man" Khomeini. He even encouraged the Shah's top military leaders to stand down and let Khomeini takeover. Then after the revolution Carter brought the Shah to America. WTF?
As for the rescue, Israel gave carter rescue plans and told him when to do it. He waited until April, a time they told him the sand storms would be too risky. He did it anyway. On 6/21/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just heard a retelling of this on NPR and, while I haven't checked > wikipedia, it doesn't seem like much of this was Carter's fault. > Here's how I understand the facts: > > 1.) USA pre-Carter supported the Shah. > 2.) Shah is deposed during Carter's years. > 3.) Carter admits Shah to US medical treatment (this could be the mistake). > 4.) Students are pissed so they take over the US embassy and take hostages. > 5.) Diplomacy ensues without much luck. > 6.) Rescue mission put in place. > 7.) Mechanical issues with the choppers force Carter to abort mission. > 8.) On return from fueling point chopper and plane crash. > 9.) Iranians get ahold of dead Americans and parade them around. > 10.) Gov't is formed in Tehran and, after Carter is out, they release > the hostages. > > Maybe there's a big picture I'm missing, but it doesn't seem like much > of that was Carter's fault. Seems like he made the right decisions. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
