Today, 27 years ago, on November 4, 1979, three Iranian students, Ibrahim Asgharzadeh, Mohsen Mirdamadi and Habibollah Bitaraf suggested to take over the United States embassy in Teheran for two days as a protest against U.S. support for the Shah. The take-over however got out of control and poisoned U.S.-Iranian relations for the next quarter century. A botched attempt to free the American diplomats cost President Jimmy Carter his reelection and put Ronald Reagan in the White House.
The current Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested attacking the Russian Embassy instead because he believed the Soviet-Union to be a bigger threat.
27 years later relations between the two countries are still deteriorating. War-President Bush would love to launch a war against Iran to topple the second domino of his ‘Axis-of-Evil’.
On October 30, the United States led military maneuvers involving 25 nations in the Persian Gulf. Iran responded by test-firing three long-range missiles.
If the Republicans lose next Tuesday, as they most surely will, Bush, like a wounded animal, might lash out again.
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