Re: Brevity is the Soul of Wit
[ QUOTE ]
Uh was overthrowing their democratic government not an act of war on our part?
Seems to me Carter ended a war that the U.S. started and perpetuated for decades by training the Savak without getting anyone killed.
No wonder Americans are seen as idiots throughout the world. The conventional wisdom here is that Iran started this?
Imagine Russia overthrew JFK, and installed their own hand-picked government in the U.S. complete with continually training a secret police who killed thousands of us. Then imagine we finally overthrew the Russian government, and in doing so some college students took Russian diplomats in the U.S. hostage. Would you seriously accuse those U.S. students of starting a war, and call for Russia to retaliate?
[/ QUOTE ]
I really don't care "who started it." If you're the president of the United States you can't just sit back and watch a bunch of pissant mullahs take our diplomats hostage without taking decisive action.
|