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Originally Posted by Azure
Or perhaps Reagan gave them a deadline, or else.
Or like one of the people involved in taking the hostages said, they wanted to make a fool out of Carter.
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Well, we actually know the reason, and that reason is Reagan unfroze the billions of dollars of foreign assets that Carter had frozen as a consequence of the hostage taking, and then sold them cheap weaponry that would be used in an offensive capacity, undoubtedly against civilian populations as well as military. That happens to be against the law, by the way.
Maybe Reagan offered them a lifetime supply of NASA quality Tang?