The mood of the country would have to be right. Who knows how things will be in a year. I knew Carter was toast when the rescue mission failed, and he had no back up plan. If Teddy Kennedy had had a spine, he would have defeated Carter in the primaries.
Well I don’t want to hijack the thread but the hostage rescue mission makes my blood boil to this day. That the Commander and Chief ignored the advice of commanders on the ground and then allowed the Iranians to drag the bodies of our soldiers through the streets in joyous parade was one of the most unbearable and unforgivable things I’ve ever seen in my life.
The only good that came out of it was that it assured Ronald Reagan’s Presidency.