The Hostage In President Carter's Operation Eagle Claw

The Hostages The choice of a rescue mission seemed necessary in releasing the American hostages from Iranian students. President Carter had previous tried other types of military tactics in order to rescue them. The crisis at the time had be going on for about 6 months when “Operation Eagle Claw” was established. The rescue mission ended in complete failure. Several of the rescue helicopters collided injuring five soldiers and killing eight (History.com Staff, 2010). Due to President Carter’s leadership decisions, it resulted in him being voted out of office in the 1980 election (Neck, Manz, & Houghton, 2017, p.130-131). The hostages were released just minutes after Carter left office. The releasing of hostages could have been done more efficiently to bring them to safety a lot sooner. President Carter used a lot of force in the beginning; therefore, made the situation come to a delay. With a wide variety of military tactics being used in the beginning, the Iranians were easily able to predict the future outcomes of the Carter …show more content…
Negotiations were part of his failed tactics; however, with more negotiating, the hostages could have been released in a more peaceful way. It has been said that the reason they were released minutes after Reagan took over was because of his peaceful manner. The leadership in such positions needs to be thoroughly analyzed before action is taken. The results of the crisis would have been more successful. Even if still took the same amount of time, at least the reputation for President Carter would have been a more peaceful manner. I believe Iran releasing the hostages on inauguration day was to mock Carter. Carter and his administration could have made better leadership decisions.

Groupthink Engaging in Groupthink can be phenomenal when working as a team rather than an individual to come up with a plan to reach a goal; however, results in one or two members making a decision that could result in a