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Originally Posted by Choker
And this was supported by the then Iranian leadership. Some would consider this a act of war, but we did nothing and Carter paid for it with his one term instead of 2.
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And some people have even shorter memories-
The October Surprise by Gary Sick
http://www.amazon.com/October-Surpri.../dp/0812919890
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise
"Describes how the Reagan-Bush campaign made a secret deal with Iran to delay the release of the American hostages until after the 1980 election
in return for arms, revealing how the Reagan cronies prolonged the crisis for political gain."
Followed closely by-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Contra_scandal
The lovely Iran Contra Scandal wherein dear ol' Ronny Raygun turned around and made a deal with the Iranians to sell them weapons shortly AFTER the hostage crisis.
In other words he committed an act of treason for which Oliver North was the scapegoat.