• @SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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    608 months ago

    The US has a long history of Republican future presidents pulling shit like this. Iran hostage crisis, Vietnam peace negotiations, etc.

    • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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      18 months ago

      Iran hostage release occurred on inauguration day. That this occurs before, doesn’t change the war on Lebanon or Iranian hostage release delay not being an election ploy.

      • @jonne@infosec.pub
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        128 months ago

        And do you know why it happened on inauguration day and not anytime during the Carter administration? It’s because Reagan promised a better deal for Iran if they didn’t take the one Carter offered.

        • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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          8 months ago

          Yes. Netanyahu has already succeeded though. He won’t lose favour by doing the deal slightly early. There is also a theory that Hezbollah inflicted more pain than Israel hoped.