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Originally Posted by EBORG9
You'll have to go back to find the Jesse Jackson hostage deal. The hostages were actually taken during the Carter administration when the Ayatolla Khomeini was the leader of Iran.
They were actually release to Jesse Jackson after Carter lost the election to Regan.
Many Americans felt that Jimmy Carter sending Jesse to negotiate with terrorists for the release of our citizens, was why he lost the election.
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Jesse Jackson went to Iran and successfully negotiated the realase of an American Airforce pilot just before the hostages were released.
His impact on the release of the hostages has not been discussed much.