-=> Mike Powell wrote to SEAN DENNIS on 05-16-18 18:53 <=-

 >I remember my mom explaining that to me in nearly the same terms.  I couldn't
 >have been more than six years old but I understood what Mom had said about
 >Iran hating Carter.  I don't remember much more than that now but it was one
 >of those things that made an impression on my young mind.  It's funny what
ou
 >remember...

 MP> The point they seem to be missing is that, if Carter had been
 MP> re-elected, the hostages probably would have been over there another 4
 MP> years.

That's quite the reach. History states the Iranian government contacted the
Carter administration in September, 1980 with a proposal for release. It's
common knowledge. So tell me, why would Iran contact Carter well before the
election to broker a release? I'll give you two scenarios.  One, the Iranians
were in a war with Iraq. They needed the $12 billion to support their war
effort and didn't want to restart negotiations in case there was a new
president believing they had extracted most of the benefits from holding the
hostages. May want to read David Farber's Taken Hostage: The Iranian Hostage
Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam. 

 MP> Reagan had been elected in November, but they were not released until
 MP> he took office.  My guess is the deal, no matter when negotiated, would
 MP> have fell through if Carter had won.  Anyone-but-Carter won, so they
 MP> came home.

Try again... 


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