30 years after the Iran hostage crisis, we're still fighting Reagan's war
Washington Post / Ted Koppel
21-Jan-2011

What Iran learned in those years - and we're still absorbing the consequences of those lessons today - is that kidnapping and terrorism are useful weapons against the United States. Ultimately,Reagan's broad-shouldered bravado was no more effective in dealing with Tehran than Carter's mild-mannered diplomacy.

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