Iran Hostage Crisis Puts U.S on Edge.
“In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems,” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East (Brooks). If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident, they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women, African Americans, and 1 ill stricken hostage were released after 2 years, H52 innocent people who were there for a year more. The Iran hostage crisis resulted from rising tensions between the two countries, Iran militants took matters into their own hands by capturing 66 U.S citizens, and their actions resulted in several failed attempts by Carter which eventually ended his career.
Before the 66 hostages were captured, Iran had a revolution (“The”). This Islāmic revolution started when Iranian citizens were dissatisfied with the rule of Shah Reza Pahlavi (“The”). The annoyed people of Iran were irritated with the Shah due to the fact that he lead them with the use of fear, manipulation, and formed a secret police that would report anything and everything back to him (“The”). When riots broke out among the streets near the end of the 1970s, the Shah left for a “vacation” and didn’t come back (“The”). Before his extended vacation, he left Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar in charge of Iran (“The”). The rebellious association, Ayatollah Khomein was denied permission to form a new government by the Prime Minister (“The”). After the Islāmic revolution, the Ayatollah Khomein gained control of Iran and renamed it the Islāmic Republic even though we refer to it as Iran (“The”). After the Islāmic revolution, 66 U.S citizens were held hostage at the U.S Embassy in Iran, also known as the Iran hostage crisis (“Iran”). Many of the hostages were held captive for 3 years, 14 of them for less than that (“Iran”). Jimmy Carter arranged many attempts to rescue the hostages, but all of them failed (“Iran”). “People have been severely criticizing Carter for doing nothing. But now when he does something and it doesn't work he is going to be severely criticized again.”(American). One of the many failed attempts, include one with the name of Operation Eagle Claw. The purpose of Operation Eagle Claw was to send an elite task force to rescue the hostages, but like many others, it failed due to an unexpected desert storm that took the lives of eight servicemen ("Iran Hostage Crisis." History). In hopes of releasing the taken sooner, Jimmy Carter managed to convince …show more content…
In the eyes of some American Citizens, the hostage crisis is one of the reasons why Jimmy Carter wasn’t reelected and Ronald Reagan was instead (“Iran Hostage Crisis.” History). Only as the time was running out on Jimmy Carter's presidency and time was ticking away until Ronald Reagan became President, the Iranians decided to deny President Carter the satisfaction of rescuing the hostages, so they waited until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated to send the hostages back (“6”) . Minutes after Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address, his first “action” as president was to liberate the 52 hostages that were in Iran (“Iran Hostage Crisis.”
“In the late 1970s the hostage crisis became a symbol of America’s inability to take decisive action in the face of pervasive problems,” said David Brooks about the 1979 hostage crisis in the Middle East (Brooks). If you ask an American that remembers this Iran hostage incident, they will say that it was a bad 3 years knowing that any day 66 lives could be lost in a blink of an eye. Even though 14 women, African Americans, and 1 ill stricken hostage were released after 2 years, H52 innocent people who were there for a year more. The Iran hostage crisis resulted from rising tensions between the two countries, Iran militants took matters into their own hands by capturing 66 U.S citizens, and their actions resulted in several failed attempts by Carter which eventually ended his career.
Before the 66 hostages were captured, Iran had a revolution (“The”). This Islāmic revolution started when Iranian citizens were dissatisfied with the rule of Shah Reza Pahlavi (“The”). The annoyed people of Iran were irritated with the Shah due to the fact that he lead them with the use of fear, manipulation, and formed a secret police that would report anything and everything back to him (“The”). When riots broke out among the streets near the end of the 1970s, the Shah left for a “vacation” and didn’t come back (“The”). Before his extended vacation, he left Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar in charge of Iran (“The”). The rebellious association, Ayatollah Khomein was denied permission to form a new government by the Prime Minister (“The”). After the Islāmic revolution, the Ayatollah Khomein gained control of Iran and renamed it the Islāmic Republic even though we refer to it as Iran (“The”). After the Islāmic revolution, 66 U.S citizens were held hostage at the U.S Embassy in Iran, also known as the Iran hostage crisis (“Iran”). Many of the hostages were held captive for 3 years, 14 of them for less than that (“Iran”). Jimmy Carter arranged many attempts to rescue the hostages, but all of them failed (“Iran”). “People have been severely criticizing Carter for doing nothing. But now when he does something and it doesn't work he is going to be severely criticized again.”(American). One of the many failed attempts, include one with the name of Operation Eagle Claw. The purpose of Operation Eagle Claw was to send an elite task force to rescue the hostages, but like many others, it failed due to an unexpected desert storm that took the lives of eight servicemen ("Iran Hostage Crisis." History). In hopes of releasing the taken sooner, Jimmy Carter managed to convince …show more content…
In the eyes of some American Citizens, the hostage crisis is one of the reasons why Jimmy Carter wasn’t reelected and Ronald Reagan was instead (“Iran Hostage Crisis.” History). Only as the time was running out on Jimmy Carter's presidency and time was ticking away until Ronald Reagan became President, the Iranians decided to deny President Carter the satisfaction of rescuing the hostages, so they waited until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated to send the hostages back (“6”) . Minutes after Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address, his first “action” as president was to liberate the 52 hostages that were in Iran (“Iran Hostage Crisis.”