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From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Myths destroyed
Message-ID: <771@oliven.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 17:27:51 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 20 17:27:51 1984
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>>  Jimmy Carter was even more impotent. The rotten Khomeni regime
>>  saved the lives of Americans and others. The world is not so
>>  black and white. Sorry.
>>  
>>  Maybe it's time to re-think the myths.
>>                        		-Andy Berman (berman@ihopb)

>An attack against an embassy is an act of war.  Retaliation against Iran
>would have been in order under the circumstances.  Carter sat on his hands
>and did nothing.  This can correctly be called impotence.

Nothing but try to look peaceful while a rescue team was trained.  How many
people really thought that Carter would do anything of the sort?  (Yes, the
mission failed.  Carter, however, wasn't a helicopter mechanic.)

rick