Text 26212, 59 rader
Skriven 2009-01-16 13:13:06 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 26207 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
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Hello Björn!

16 Jan 09 18:54, you wrote to me:

 RC>> He was indecisive in the hostage crisis, holed himself up in the
 RC>> White House and showed the world that hostage taking and
 RC>> terroristic activities could disrupt the routines of the Govt.

 BF>    Indecisive as in not listening to the trigger happy agencies that
 BF> assured him they could easily free the hostage (yeah, right, sure they
 BF> could...).

He authorized and signed off on the mission, but take note I didnt mention the
failed rescue mission in my original message, I didnt fault him for that..

I faulted him for letting the situation hold him hostage.

AAMOF, had he not authorized any rescue mission, he would have been looked back
at with more fault.

We can look back at the scenario by saying that US Cold War Politics in
supporting the Shah and his oppresive regime caused the root problem, we cannot
hold the hostages responsible, and having them held hostage for over a year was
unacceptable.

 RC>> We had oil/gas shortages, double digit inflation and massive
 RC>> unemployment.

 BF>    And how could any of that be Carter's fault? In the first case it
 BF> was the Arabs that caused it (the entire world had the same problem)
 BF> and in the second and third case you were paying the price for a
 BF> stupid "police action" in Vietnam, surely you understand that such an
 BF> enormous military-industrial venture comes at a severe cost for the
 BF> people that eventually has to foot the bill?

It was under his watch...

Just like Bush and the GOP are being held accountable for everything that
occurred under his watch that easily propelled Obama into winning the recent
election.

Our current economic crisis stemmed from the bad mortgages that 2 Federal
Enterprises bought up that severely strained the credit markets.. These
Enterprises were directed into supporting these bad loans under the Clinton
administration. When Bush administration officials at the watchdog agencies
overseeing these 2 enterprises tried to tell Congress that these enterprises
were in trouble (2003-05), they were rebuffed by the liberal congressman, whom
are now admitting that there are issues..

This wasnt Bush's fault, yet the meltdown happened under his watch, hence he
gets the blame.

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