essentially Americans were taken hostage and held for months. Carter attempted a rescue, which failed. He was defeated in the following election at least in part because he was perceived as ineffectual. The Iranians released the hostages to coincide with the change in administration. This was a) because they were scared of Reagan b) a slap at Carter or possibly c) both
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:53:11 +0100, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You will have to forgive me but being from the UK (and being only 6 in 1981) > I don't know the circumstances surrounding that hostage release, > consequently I have no opinion on that subject. > > -- > Jay > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 26 October 2004 13:47 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: electoral college > > > > Exactly my point James. The argument is also too simplistic > > when referring to the hostage release following Reagan's > > inaugaration in 1981. > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "James Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:41 AM > > >Subject: RE: electoral college > > > > > > > > That would depend on the circumstances. In a simplistic > > world then no you > > > couldn't but the real world is a bit more complex. Imagine > > the following > > > situation.... > > > > > > The French and Germans consider GW's policy towards Iraq to be self > > > defeating and therefore are unwilling to commit troops to perpetual > > > occupation of Iraq. The French and Germans also consider > > Kerry's position > > > on Iraq to be much more workable and in line with finding a > > quick and > > > workable solution to the problem meaning troops would only > > be committed > > for > > > 12 months. In this situation then yes, you could credit > > Kerry for the > > extra > > > International support even if he has only been in power for > > a couple of > > > hours. > > > > > > -- > > > Jay > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132840 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
