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Captain Sammitch said:
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magicjay38 said:
Do you know why there was a hostage crises in the first place?



Because as long as there are extremist Muslims who are not six feet under they will do whatever they think they can get away with.



Since you weren't born yet, I'll cut you some slack. It was about .....MONEY ( what a surprise!).

In the week between hostage seizures the USA decided it would be a good idea to seize Iranian assets held in US Banks in the event they were needed to settle lawsuits by American companies in US courts. I don't recall the exact amount but billions were seized. Far from being Muslim extremists, they wanted their goddamn money back! We give them back their money, they give us back our people. It took 400 some odd days to negotiate a compromise. If you've ever done business with people of the Persian persuasian, that wouldn't surprise you!

Hey! Is that why a corporate litigator, Warren Christopher, was the guy who made the deal?