http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/hostages.phtml <br /><br />It says in there that he and others supported the Shah of Iran, for a steady supply of oil. The Shah was a dictator that oppressed any political freedom. I remembered when I was younger seeing reports on the news about the hostages.<br /><br />It is interesting to see that some of this hostility in the middle east came from a militarily weak president who supported a dictator. Then it has taken strong replublican presidents to go in and clean up later on. All the while the dems are screaming that the reps are war mongers.
<br /><br />Anywhooo.. If anything we should have given more support to the Shaw to keep the muslim wacko nut job Ayatollah Khomeini and his insane followers out! Maybe then we would'nt be in the position we're currently in, IMO... Of course hindsight is usually 20/20...<br /><br /> Also, keep in mind that the US was damn near broke from paying on Vietnam war expendatures at that time and probably could not have funded military action against iran if we wanted too... Inflation was at an all time high... Oil was in short supply and prices were going thru the roof, worldwide... Gotta have oil to move an army, right?.. <br /><br />Rember sitting in line for gas? When gas stations sold all they had, and that was it... No more... <br /><br />Yes Sir, I'd say we were darn luckey to have a Man like Carter as president at the time.. "A man who did'nt do anything but talk".. He was, and still is, very good at it... His talking got the hostages realeased and his talking kept some oil flowing our way so that this major energy consuming country could function as well as it did durring the time....
