Former President Carter

[Dragonlady]

Poor Jimmy

He is a good man

But in over his head as president

And he still did a much better job than trump.

 

[Auld Phart]

And he still did a much better job than trump.

52 hostages waiting 444 days say different

 

[Dragonlady]

52 hostages waiting 444 days say different

The hostages got out. Thank you Canada.

 

[Auld Phart]

The hostages got out. Thank you Canada.

no thanks to Carter.

 

[Polishprince]

The hostages got out. Thank you Canada.

Actually, President Reagan got the hostages out.

The mullahs of Iran kept them as long as they could.

And if Carter had won the 1980 election, they would have continued to be held

 

[rightwinger]

52 hostages waiting 444 days say different

They came home alive

An attempt to bring them home militarily would have led to slaughter

 

[Polishprince]

They came home alive

An attempt to bring them home militarily would have led to slaughter

Actually, it took a threat to bring them home military to bring them home alive.

If there was no realistic threat, the ayatollah was going to keep them

 

[rightwinger]

Actually, it took a threat to bring them home military to bring them home alive.

If there was no realistic threat, the ayatollah was going to keep them

Ayatollah never had them

 

[Jarlaxle]

Iran should have been told they had 48 hours to release each and every hostage, either over the border to another country (probably Turkey), or to a neutral embassy. (Probably Switzerland.) Failing to do so would result in the detonation of a fifty-kiloton nuclear warhead over Tehran.

 

[westwall]

Ayatollah never had them

Facts say otherwise. The threat of being turned into a glowing parking lot is what freed them.

 

[Polishprince]

They came home alive

An attempt to bring them home militarily would have led to slaughter

Slaughter of Iranian thugs perhaps, but only if they weren't smart enough to just surrender to the American heroes.

 

[rightwinger]

Slaughter of Iranian thugs perhaps, but only if they weren't smart enough to just surrender to the American heroes.

Carter was urged to attack Iran
He resisted the call for military action
If he had, hostages would have been killed

Took a while but he got them out alive

 

[westwall]

Carter was urged to attack Iran
He resisted the call for military action
If he had, hostages would have been killed

Took a while but he got them out alive

I guess you forget about the failed mission that led to the creation of Delta Force.

Figures.

 

[Polishprince]

Carter was urged to attack Iran
He resisted the call for military action
If he had, hostages would have been killed

Took a while but he got them out alive

The only reason why the hostages were released was that the ayatollah was afraid not to release them because there was a new sheriff in town.

Why would the ayatollah have had the hostages killed, just because of military action?

That would have made no sense, as killing the hostages would have meant retaliation.

 

[westwall]

The only reason why the hostages were released was that the ayatollah was afraid not to release them because there was a new sheriff in town.

Why would the ayatollah have had the hostages killed, just because of military action?

That would have made no sense, as killing the hostages would have meant retaliation.

Dumbwinger has a hard time with logical thinking.

 

[rightwinger]

The only reason why the hostages were released was that the ayatollah was afraid not to release them because there was a new sheriff in town.

Why would the ayatollah have had the hostages killed, just because of military action?

That would have made no sense, as killing the hostages would have meant retaliation.

He wanted to embarrass Carter