Comments on Obama Hits Back at Bush and McCain on "Appeasement"

I am re-posting the same comment i made on this issue yesterday because I'm amazed the media has missed yet another world class gaffe by McCain. We can only hope the 24-hr chatterers pick up on this:

McCain is mis-remembering middle eastern history and politics again. On the NYT blog he says:

“I believe that it’s not an accident that our hostages came home from Iran when President Reagan was president of the United States. He didn’t sit down in a negotiation with the religious extremists in Iran, he made it very clear that those hostages were coming home.'’

A quick google turned this up: "After the election, with the assistance of Algerian intermediaries, successful negotiations began. On Jan. 20, 1981, the day of President Reagan's inauguration, the United States released almost $8 billion in Iranian assets and the hostages were freed after 444 days in Iranian detention; the agreement gave Iran immunity from lawsuits arising from the incident."

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825448.html

So a) Reagan was not president when the hostages were release, and b) there very clearly was a negotiation (which presumably he and his transition team were involved in) that included $8 billion unfrozen assets and legal immunity.

that guy conducting the interview is clinton's motherfucker foreign policy advisor!

Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran!

Hey, is this mike on?

What day is it?

No more torture, I'll talk!

Mommy?