[SJackson]

it would have been wiser to have done so when the mullahs started the remarkably insane raving back in the fall.

Yes, the fall of 1979. Wonder if Ahmadinejad is in the pic?

[snowsislander]

Yes, the fall of 1979. Wonder if Ahmadinejad is in the pic?

I agree that it would have been best if President Carter had taken care of business, but I think it's realistic to hope that President Bush will.

No idea if the budding President of Iran is in the picture, but since the Iranians have admitted that he was in the group that planned the seizure of the embassy, then it would certainly seem possible.