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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Come on Tranny, you must be able to understand that Iranians were obviously holding out for Carter to leave office before releasing the hostages. You said it yourself, 444 days of captivity (and negotiation) and no release, but 12 hours after the inauguration they get magically released. Reagan is either the greatest negotiator in the history of mankind, or the Iranians got what they wanted during negotiations and were just trying to further embarass Carter. The later is the only thing that makes sense, no?
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Carter was negotiating LONG before the election was even held.
Reagans guys got a crack at things AFTER the election in November, (some 60 days or so to get it done) so even then that left Carter and his administration over a year to solve the crisis.
Yes, Reagans guys were responsible for it happening, and no it didnt happen in 12 hours. I think that's obvious, yet here we have a poster claiming that it was all Carters doings that led to their release....that simply did not happen.
Re-writing history isn't that easy.