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Memo to Governor Ronald Reagan "The Mishandling of the Iran Hostage Crisis", written by Herb Cohen, World Renound ... (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | By October1979, it became evident to Khomeni and his fundamentalist followers on the Revolutionary Council that the success of their “divine mission” was being threatened short of its goal -- a return to the “golden Age of Shi’ism”. |
 | | In expecting kindness and compassion from Khomeni or his clerics, we should have remembered the Old Persian Proverb; “There are three things I have never seen – the eye of an ant, the foot of a snake and the charity of a mullah”. |
 | | Khomeni’s four conditions, which omits the demand for a U.S. apology, indicates a softening of terms and a willingness to settle this matter. |
| www.herbcohenonline.com /October25.htm (4261 words) |