USNinJapan2 said...

USNinJapan2 at 10:34 PM JST - 17th November

LFRagain

You have all but done backflips to convince anyone who'll listen that Carter was the beginning, middle, and end of the entire mess, with Reagon's "fear-inspiring" ascent to the presidency. Oh, if only history were that neat and tidy. At the end of the day, the only people responsible…

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 10:34 PM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 06:25 PM JST - 17th November

5SpeedRacer5

What is being distorted is that Carter was doing everything he could to get them back, and, as the article states, he was listening to advice, alot of NAVY advice, I might add, and thought better of getting more people captured there.

When the navy did do it, they…

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 06:25 PM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 03:05 PM JST - 17th November

5SpeedRacer5

Operation Eagle Claw was Army planned and Army/White House aborted. You would blame the Navy for executing, or attempting to execute anyway, a flawed Army plan? BTW, the Navy wasn't even in commmand of those helos. The Marines Corps was.

What USNin should be explaining is how H. Ross…

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 03:05 PM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 12:10 PM JST - 17th November

I guess in twenty years' time we can look forward to Bill Clinton commenting on his, "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" comment. Can't wait...

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 12:10 PM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 12:00 PM JST - 17th November

yabits

He's in Thailand working on Habitat for Humanity projects and he's commenting on actions he took as President 30 years ago. This is normal? Even if reporters did ask him a question on the anniversary of one of his foreign policy failures it seems he feels the need to…

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 12:00 PM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 10:46 AM JST - 17th November

polypals

The theory that Reagan promised the Iranians arms in exchange for the hostages' release is a conspiracy theory, not fact.

The fact that the Iranians wished to punish Carter for his support of the Shaw is fact, not a conspiracy theory.

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 10:46 AM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 10:43 AM JST - 17th November

numbskull

Carter negotiated with the Iranians alright but it led to nothing, no results, zip. Actually it did lead to something, one utter failure of a rescue attempt and eight dead. His negotiation attempts were so bad that the 'magic spell' that secured the hostages' release was merely the fact…

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 10:43 AM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 09:27 AM JST - 17th November

Taking the Fifth is probably best associated with organized crime protecting its collective tail...

No, it isn't. Perhaps for you.

Posted in U.S. Army member refuses to answer questions on hit-and-run at 09:27 AM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 09:16 AM JST - 17th November

So ol' Jimmy's happily installing some drywall on a house in Thailand and suddenly decides to comment about his handling of the Iran hostage crisis 30 years ago. Does he expect us to suddenly say, "Oh now that you've explained it that way I guess it wasn't the complete soup…

Posted in Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis at 09:16 AM JST - 17th November
USNinJapan2 at 09:05 AM JST - 17th November

...explaining that in his view the East considers humans as part of the nature while the West believes that nature exists for humans.

LOL. Well I guess we shouldn't take offense to Ozawa's view since Japan is clearly no longer a part of the East but very much a Western…

Posted in Ozawa won't retract remarks on Christianity at 09:05 AM JST - 17th November