Important 25th Anniversary: U.S Hostages Released From Iran, Reagan Inaugurated

Debbie Schlussel.com ^ | 01/23/06 | Debbie Schlussel

[goldstategop]

I almost forgot to recognize a very important anniversary. This past Friday was the 25th anniversary of the release of 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days by Islamic terrorists.

It's especially important because one of their mad captors is now the mad leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today. While our State Department claims he was not one of the captors, the surviving hostages, today, remember him. And I believe them. Not the liars and enablers at the State Department who are most often America's enemies fondest allies.

Times Haven't Changed: U.S. Hostages in Iran Released 25 Years Ago Last Friday

When the hostages were released, they were shown video highlights of what they missed in America while they were being held hostage. Many said that the most touching highlight was the victory of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team over the Communist Soviet Union, leading to an Olympic Gold Medal.

January 20, 1981 was also a great day in American history for another reason: Ronald Reagan--the greatest U.S. President in my lifetime--was sworn into office. I was only in elementary school, but I helped my father campaign for him, and it was the seed that planted my burgeoning conservative activism. Meeting President Reagan at the White House, a few years later, was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

[goldstategop]

Thanks for reminding us of the anniversary, Debbie. The Iranians knew Reagan meant business. They're just as dangerous as ever and they still think Uncle Sam is gonna let Manhattan go up in a mushroom cloud. That's their final mistake. President Reagan restored America's faith in itself. Its a good trip down memory lane.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[OldFriend]

Will anyone watching TV that day ever forget seeing those hostages getting on the plane to freedom. And then learning about the cheers as the pilot announced that they were out of Iranian airspace!

[BenLurkin]

I remember it well.

The Bobbie McGee's in San Bernardino:

A lot of elated people and the DJ playing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon".

[50sDad]

It is most worth noting that under our "great president" Jimmy "20% inflation" Carter, nothing was done except a botched rescue attempt that left copters and people dead in the desert. When Ronald "Raygun" Reagan was put in power, suddenly, magically, hostages were freed, because the enemies of democracy knew that he meant business, and would not refrain from complete and total war in order to bring our people home.

Moral: You can whine and prace about making friends with the world and about "understanding" what our enemies feel, but what the bastards in the desert respect is firepower and a willingness to use it.

[Cincinnatus]

Reagan remembered at The Judge Report.

[Savage Beast]

By the way, did the Iranian mullahs ever finish erecting that statue of Jimmy Carter?

[AmericanDave]

Didn't the Iranians declar war on us in 1979? Can we still take up the invitation?