“our policy before Carter led to that. Carter just happened to be POTUS when it came back to bite us”
And Reagan brought that epic affrontment to an end without saying a word.
Remember? The hostages were freed on Jan 20, 1981, at 12 Noon....
Yea I also remember his missle coming down Mommars tent and the silence afterward. It didn't take a war just a will. Saddly enough on this though Reagan like Carter signed a simuliar E.O. Reagan was wise enough to see it as being futile.