Reply #171: ...which was dropped off at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Jan. 11, 1993... [View All]

...and, who was in charge of those Embassies back then.

Let's see...for another 9 days until Clinton would take over, that would be G.H.W. Bush the Ancient. Remember him? He's the one who flew to Paris in 1980 to set up the whole damn Iranian interference thing!!!

Maybe some of you young'uns out there don't remember the Iranian Hostage Crisis. It was horrible, because Carter, who just a year before had actually effected the first Peace Treaty EVER in the Middle East between Israel and Egypt was suddenly in a terrible place. Would he go in with military and attack Iran? Would he negotiate with these radical students who had taken over the embassy. The whole ordeal lasted such a long time and was in the news every day. A few hostages would be let go, then more threats, then some women and children, then more threats. Months passed, and all this during an election year.

Worst of all, Carter actually approved a military rescue attempt that failed before it got off the ground when the jungle-warfare helicopters crashed and burned in the unforgiving desert. If the hostages had been released, Carter would have won re-election. Period. Because they were not, Reagan won.

The new Iranian Ayatollah wanted the hostage crisis to end. It was a student protest that was in the way of establishing normal relations with other countries. By late summer 1980, Iran was ready to release the hostages.

That's when Reagan/Bush sold out America. They negotiated with Iran that, if they would NOT release hostages until AFTER the election, Reagan/Bush would give them a sweet deal. As a result, Carter LOST and we live in the America we have today. Everything changed because of these traitors.

The truth is that this is SO horrible, it's hard to get reasonable Americans to believe me when I tell them the story. But, it's true. When I learned of this betrayal (in 94), I left the Republicans and will never look back.