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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (672)	9/21/2001 11:37:43 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) of 281500

This is why Reagan was so effective, imo, in convincing the Iranians that they should end the hostage crisis as soon as he took office. He was a "cowboy" who didn't react on pragmatism, but on the force of principle, no matter how irrational, or the level at which it could create global instability.. Reagan and the hostage crisis is pretty debatable. They were put on the plane on inauguration day, it could just as well have been to embarrass Jimmy Carter. There's also the possibility that the release was due to efforts somewhat akin to Henry Kissinger's efforts in Paris in 1968. Who knows, but the Ayatollah and Co. didn't seem much concerned with subtle nuances at that point. Then, just to make things better, the U.S. sided with Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war. Of course, that was all out of embarrassment with Iran/Contra, the cake and the key, all that stuff. A very good rationale for lining up with Saddam in a war he started. And look where that got us. The history of US policy in the region is pretty messy. I don't think simplistic analysis helps much.

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