Grownups say the darnest things...
Posted on 10/01/2014 1:35:34 PM PDT by illiac
Former President Jimmy Carter marked his 90th birthday Wednesday with a lengthy interview on CNBC Meets where he discussed his one term in office and the one thing he would have handled differently — the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Carter suggested Operation Eagle Claw, a failed 1980 attempt to rescue the hostages taken by Iranian revolutionaries at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, could have been successful if he committed one more helicopter to the mission.
"I think I would have been re-elected easily if I had been able to rescue our hostages from the Iranians," said Carter. "And everybody asks me what would do more, I would say I would send one more helicopter because if I had one more helicopter we could have brought out not only the 52 hostages, but also brought out the rescue team, and when that failed, then I think that was the main factor that brought about my failure to be re-elected. So that's one thing I would change."
Operation Eagle Claw was aborted after three of the helicopters taking part in the mission experienced mechanical problems.
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Did someone draw him a map on his dry erase board?
Remind me again why October 1st isn’t a National Day of Mourning because of Carter’s birthday.
Remind me again why October 1st isn’t a National Day of Mourning because of Carter’s birthday.
Coming from someone who can’t even wipe himself now.
He is probably right, though. His handling of the crisis in general painted him as weak in a dangerous world.
So people were ready for someone who was confident and unafraid.
You could have been re elected if you had built the military, taken out iran, not given away the panama canal. But then you would have burst into flames
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda been a Contender. Right? Hush up Jimmy! Don’t you have some dusting to do or something to help the environment?
Maybe but if I recall correctly the rescue plan had some pretty hairy details, like machine gunning crowds to get out if need be.
Plus Carter was an embarrassment and sucked in many additional ways.
Because we need to save calendar room for Obama's birthday!
Point worth making. The Iranians released the hostages as Reagan was being inaugurated. Enough said.
Gees! Just one more helicopter? Tell us another story jimmah!
Grownups say the darnest things...
‘I Could Have Wiped Iran Off The Map’
Including our hostages?
They have rabbits in Iran.
The pain that is Alzheimer’s...
Is that what he was trying to do?
“If” is a huge word.
lol
Don’t you just love it. All these years and his failure is still eating his liver. Bitter old fool frothing at the mouth again.
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