True, but four years later, the most important president of the last 60 years, Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to go through a Buchanan to get a Lincoln, or a Carter to get a Reagan.
Khomeini was just getting the Mullahs’ feet wet in 1979. Even Reagan didn’t realize the implications of his pulling the Marines out of Lebanon after their barracks were blown up by Iran’s late great operative, Mugniyeh. If we have to confront Iran during an Obama presidency, we may not be so lucky.