I'm having a bit of trouble keeping things straight, but Tranny are you saying that no one associated with Reagan could have negotiated with the terrorists before the election?
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Dude...Carter tried to negotiate the release BEFORE the election, so how could "Reagans minions" have interfered with anything since he hadn't been elected yet?
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.
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And Lanny, are you saying that Reagan could only have negotiated the hostges' release after he was sworn in?
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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Reagan's guys were negotiating before Reagan was sworn in and had a chance to appoint his cabinet? Care to point out how that happened? Reagan would have no legal say in ANYTHING until his inauguration. Heck, he was not even CONFIRMED president until the electoral college did their job in December, so it would be next to impossible for what you suggest to take place.
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If I've got that right, what makes either of you think that there's some international law of hostage negotiations?
Terrorists can negotiate with whomever they want for whatever they want, be it the President of the United States, President Elect of the United States, or the alternate treasurer of the Sedin Sisters' Pony Grooming Society. I'm almost certain that Jesse Jackson has been involved in a number of negotiations on his own despite never having been elected U.S. President, and I'm even more sure that terrorists have released captives after negotiating ransoms with hostages loved ones.
I'm not saying it definately happened, but there would be nothing (other than personal ethics) preventing Reagan or his minions from contacting and negotiating with the terrorists well before the election, say promising that if Reagan were to be elected he'd fork over lots of cheap weapons.