I remember that! I was stationed at Cape Cod AFS. I was at some friends house halfway to Boston, and we were watching the New England Patriots came. The news came on saying the American Embassy had been invaded and all the people taken hostage. I got up to leave, telling my friends thanks for a fun day.
They said, “Wait! It’s not even half time!”
I replied. “Well, it looks like we’re at war. I’ve got to report to my unit.”
So I drove home, put on my uniform, and went to the radar station. Crickets.
I really thought it would be like Pearl Harbor. But Jimmy ordered nothing. The next several months was one humiliation after another. Human rights. Yeah, right.
Looking back, it turned out that the Ayatollahs were much worse on Human Rights than the Shah! With the Shah, thousands died. With the Ayatollahs, millions!
Carter was/is a fool.
Carter was/is a fool.