Would the Iran Hostage Crisis have happened if Ford was still president?
Would the Iran Hostage Crisis have happened if Ford was still president? - 1
Added (1). Let's say that Ford defeated Carter in the 1976 election and was still president when the Ayatollah came to power in Iran. Would Ford have listened to the warnings from the State Department and the embassy about things in Iran or would he have kept the embassy open after letting the Shah come to America?
Probably. I'm guessing Ford would have allowed the Shah to get medical treatment in the US too, which ultimately led to the hostage crisis.
I don't know, but we do know that Nixon manipulated and delayed the hostages' release so he could win the election.
The "Iran Hostage Crisis" would not have been easily resolved if the military rescue mission that President Carter put together and authorized had not been sabotaged to fail just before the election.
Republican Dirty Hands.
Yes
Ford thought Iran was his Mexican housekeeper
Yes
Yes. Our foreign policy in the Middle East was very much bipartisan in those days. It would also have been resolved under Carter if the Reagan campaign had not struck a deal with Iran to keep the hostages until after the election. That was what the Iran/Contra scandal was all about. I'm not saying Carter was a great President, because I feel he failed more than succeeded, but we should recognize that Trump is not the first Republican candidate to seek election help from our enemies.
- Would the most patriotic thing all those around the President could do be to completely ignore all his commands and attempt to convince him? To resign for the good of the country? Then, Pence could pardon him for all crimes (just like Ford pardoned Nixon) and the country will be safe once again.
- What would've happened if the FBI did a full investigation on Kavanaugh/Ford? Regardless of the background check limitation Trump placed on them. You knew it was going to be a scam when they had no objection to, and jumped at taking, the Jeff Flake offer. They couldn't accept it quick enough, without one argument or wigged out rant.
- Is it odd how none of the Kavanaugh witnesses have denied what has happened? People either corroborate Dr. Ford's story or give us this song and dance about how they "don't know Mr. Kavanaugh and don't recall" enough for them to give uncomfortable testimony.
- Hunting: I got another rental SUV. Mine is still not repaired. Waiting on insurance still? I'm going to trade it in once it gets fixed. It's not as nice since it's a 2010 Expedition. My rental 2019 Cadillac Escalade is $98,000! We may get a AUDI, or another Ford Expedition once we trade the old one in. Need a new one anyways, so they say we will get up to $10,000 after it's all fixed.