Hostage Crisis Quotes

• The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Loss, Issues, People

  "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 25, 2004.

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• Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.

  Alexander Haig

  Tough, Carter, Hung

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• In Tehran, the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis was the first world event in which you could literally have live events beamed into your living room. Now, every world event plays out on its own, and as a media event.

  Chris Terrio

  Media, Iran, Play

  "Yahoo! Original: ‘Argo’ writer Chris Terrio talks Ben Affleck, blue Wookies and ‘Breaking Bad’". Interview with Thelma Adams, www.yahoo.com. February 15, 2013.

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• Since leaving office in 1977, Dr. Kissinger has continued to play a highly influential role in U.S. politics, in the U.S. media, and in the Rockefeller world empire. It was Kissinger, along with David Rockefeller, who was decisive in the disastrous decision of President Carter to admit the recently toppled Shah of Iran, old friend and ally of the Rockefellers into the United States, a decision that led directly to the Iranian hostage crisis and to Carter's downfall.

  Murray Rothbard

  Play, Media, Iran

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• Los acontecimientos externos pueden cambiar una campaña presidencial, un presidente y la historia de la nación: la crisis de los rehenes iraníes, el bombardeo del cuartel de los Marines en Beirut, el derribo del helicóptero en Mogadiscio (Somalia), el ataque suicida contra el USS Cole y, por supuesto, los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001.

  Mark McKinnon

  Suicide, Marine, Presidential

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• Cuando nuestros marineros en el Golfo Pérsico se adentraron accidentalmente en aguas iraníes, podría haberse desencadenado un grave incidente internacional. Algunas personas aquí en Washington se apresuraron a declarar que era el comienzo de otra crisis de rehenes. En lugar de eso, trabajamos directamente con el gobierno iraní y conseguimos la liberación de nuestros marineros en menos de 24 horas.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Water, Sailor

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• Los diplomáticos británicos que trabajaron en Irán durante la crisis de los rehenes de 1980 están profundamente molestos por la oscarizada película de Ben Affleck "Argo", que sugiere que negaron refugio al grupo que consiguió salir de la embajada estadounidense.

  Simon Hoggart

  Winning, Iran, Upset

  "¿Qué creen los hombres culpables de 'comportamiento inapropiado' que obtendrán de ello?", por Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. 1 de marzo de 2013.

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