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5. Seemingly the second after he was Inaugurated. All of a sudden hostages are being

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:47 PM

Jun 21

loaded onto a airliner. Gosh..who'd a thunk it?

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Iran stretched out negotiations with Carter [View all] SamuelTheThird Jun 21 OP

Well, just a little history Dan Jun 21 #1

Reagan made sure the hostages would not be released until enough Jun 21 #2

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 21 #4

Bay of Pigs and the Zapata oil rigs Blue Full Moon Jun 21 #13

THey're actually negotiating with Bibi orthoclad Jun 21 #7

I think in this case it's for these reasons: no_hypocrisy Jun 21 #8

About #3 orthoclad Jun 21 #10

.......Obama allowed the export of US oil....just saying Melon Jun 21 #11

I dunno - the news says reserves are nearly empty. orthoclad Jun 21 #12

On June 12 when I checked we had around 415 million barrels Melon Jun 21 #14

Different. IIRC, they hated Carter orthoclad Jun 21 #9

The ayatollah executed many of the revolutionaries. LeftInTX Monday #15