1979 : (SAUDI ARABIA : UPRISING 'IN THE NAME OF THE RETURN TO THE PURITY OF ISLAM' IS BACKED BY LIBYA & SOUTH YEMEN, INVOLVING INSTRUCTORS FROM EAST GERMANY, CUBA AND THE PFLP AND INCLUDING COMMUNISTS IN COMMAND POSITIONS; SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING YEMENIS HAD BEEN TRAINED IN IRAN, AND HAD RECEIVED WEAPONS VIA THE IRANIAN EMBASSY IN SANA)
NOVEMBER 20, 1979 : (SAUDI ARABIA : GRAND MOSQUE SEIZURE IN MECCA; TERRORISTS TAKE MUSLIM PILGRIMS HOSTAGE- See SOVIET BACKED 'PILGRIM UPRISING'------ See LIBYA, S YEMEN, IRAN, E GERMANY, )
and :
OCTOBER 1979 LATE : () Our embassy in El Salvador was attacked by leftists a week or so before the Iranians took over our embassy in Iran.
And somewhat like today only not as deadly, a mob attacked our embassy in Libya only that time it wasn't a consulate in Benghazi :
DECEMBER 2, 1979: (AFRICA : LIBYA, ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI) A mob attacks the US Embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The 21 people inside are able to escape unharmed.
“The President shares these feelings. He is pursuing every possible avenue in a situation that is extremely volatile and difficult. His efforts involve many countries and individuals. Many of these efforts must of necessity be conducted without publicity, and all require the calmest possible atmosphere.
The President knows that no matter how deeply we may feel, none of us would want to do anything that would worsen the danger in which our fellow Americans have been placed.”
Thus with this brilliant strategy, President James Earl Carter cruised his way a year later to a 10-point, 44 state, 489 electoral college vote landslide debacle.
Thanks, Jimmy.
They knew Reagan would kick their asses.