Bill Clinton stated that Ahmadinejad's behavior may be just youthful excess and at any rate it depends on what one's interpretation of assassinate is.
The Michael Moores of the world would claim that if true, Ahmadinejad is a freedom fighter on par with our Founding Fathers, while the Pat Buchanans and the Harry Brownes would augur that the hostages got what they deserved for meddling in the affairs of others.