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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 08:46 AM
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Poll question: 30 years ago today, Nov 4th 1979. How could this happen?


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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 08:52 AM
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1. I just want to know what Robert DeNiro was doing there.
:grr:
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 08:59 AM
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2. Did the US mess things up dealing with the Shah? Yup. Were the kidnappers terrorists? Yup.
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 09:24 AM by blondeatlast
Plenty of blame to go around. My boyfriend at the time was Iranian and furious about the kidnappings--but do you think anyone took the time to find out how he felt about things?

Clue; no, they just hated on him. He left for Europe and I never heard from him again.

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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 09:12 AM
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3. They call it "blowback"
No, it doesn't excuse taking hostages like they did, or the Ayatollah's violent repression of leftists to consolidate power, but there's a reason so many Iranians were pissed off.
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