The democrats, including Carter, had weakened the military to the point that they couldn't do the job. The big problem with that mission were breakdowns of the equipment, mainly due to lack of funds to keep them repaired. RR spent a large part of his presidency building up the military again. Since then the Clintons and Bushes have torn it down again and Bozo is trying to finish the job.
Wrong. The helicopters landed because the pilots didn’t know that the blade failure sensor, even if giving true readings, didn’t mean the that there weren’t ( I forget ) ten or more operational hours on them. They put the choppers right down as if they were civilians. In short, money or no money, they didn’t know their equipment.
The MILITARY failure of Desert One was the birth of the Special Operations command. It was, after the President gave the go ahead, a military failure. And, they, this operation had all the money, equipment and pull that could be had.
Excuse me, but, Bush didn’t spend time tearing down the military. Its the DEMRATS who hate the military and cut their budget every time one of them is elected president.