> Sam wrote:
> Carter turned his back on the Shah in support of the "Holy Man"
Huh - I"ll have to read up.
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-Original Message-
From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:01 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Carter & The Iran Hostage Debacle
>I just heard a retelling of this on NPR and, while I haven't checked
>wikipedia, it do
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 w
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
>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:
Facts don't really matter much unfortunately.
He made the wrong decisions simply because they resulted in failure (worse
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