We just threw Israel and SA overboard on behalf of Iran, which did invade and occupy a US Embassy.
This Chinese question of “Does the US/Japan Security Treaty really MEAN anything..?” Is a completely fair one.
He said the Russians immediately promised the Iranians that their country would cease to exist if they did not release the Russian hostages. The Iranians took that threat seriously and released them all.
Meanwhile Carter put his Fred Rogers sweater on and diddled around for a year.