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Originally Posted by mikeyddddd
The US allowed the Shah to enter the country for medical treatment after the Iranian Revolution. Prior to that the CIA had returned the Shah to power in Iran.
I can not say that the US had the right to reinstall the Shah over a democratically elected government, but Iran had no right to keep the hostages for 444 days.
The Iranian government wants to destroy Israel. What were the Jews going to do after WWII? When many of them returned to their former homes in eastern Europe they were killed. So, Israel was created. Now their neighbors still want to kill them.
Israel has the right to protect itself as Iran did when they overthrew the Shah. Iran is now the provocateur and needs to be muzzled.
Invading Iraq was a major mistake. It took resources away from what the US should have been doing which was finding bin Laden and bringing him to justice.
If John McCain "knows how to capture Osama", why hasn't he done it yet?
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They kept the hostages as a political move via someone within and on the US's behalf so it appeared as though it was Reagans doings and to discredit Carter who was running for re-election. My understanding is that there were weapons exchanged for this deal. Which later became known as the Iran-Contra affair.