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"No, we're not going to get it done
by election day." So at that point, I was thinking the best speech Carter
could give would be just a rousing "stay the hell out of our business." Just something pro-America
and gung-ho and just say, "screw you guys." Carter didn't want to do that 'cause he thought it might have cost
a life in one of the hostages
by election day." So at that point, I was thinking the best speech Carter
could give would be just a rousing "stay the hell out of our business." Just something pro-America
and gung-ho and just say, "screw you guys." Carter didn't want to do that 'cause he thought it might have cost
a life in one of the hostages
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"No, we're not going to get it done
by election day."
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So at that point, I was thinking
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the best speech Carter
could give would be just a rousing
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"stay the hell out of our business."
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Just something pro-America
and gung-ho
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and just say, "screw you guys."
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Carter didn't want to do that
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'cause he thought it might have cost
a life in one of the hostages.
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Movie Summary
November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 44...
