Operation Eagle Claw

country along with support for their new leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (History.com Staff “Iran”). On Day One of what would be later known as the Iranian Hostage Crisis, a woman by the name of Elizabeth Ann Swift makes a call to Washington D.C. Operation Center seventh floor. She was on the line on and off for about two and a half hours giving updates on what was going on before her hands were tied and she was blindfolded (Yergin 700). Swift’s last words to Washington were, “We’re going…

The United States was forced to deal with a greater amount of terrorism as time passed and as it become an imperialistic power and threatened the security of several countries with its dominance. The most recent and most memorable act of terrorism in the United States occurred on September 11, 2001 when the twin towers were destroyed and more than 3,000 Americans were killed. Terrorism has also occurred on a smaller scale in the United States under the guise of domestic terrorism. Despite the…

The Cold War was a time of heightened geopolitical tensions between the two global superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. It is known as the Cold War because while battle did not ensue between the Western and Eastern Blocs, major proxy wars supported by both sides occurred. It was a conflict between capitalism and communism, democracy against authoritarianism. During this time, both sides stockpiled on nuclear arsenal, but never ensued in an all-out war on the doctrine of Mutually…

Nonetheless, the ambassador is trapped in a car with terrorists. He is likely being held at gunpoint. If we launch a rescue mission, you will almost certainly have a dead Ambassador on your hands. The US has launched rescue missions before. Operation Eagle Claw took over five months to plan. Despite having close to five more months of preparation than the potential mission to free our Ambassador, it was a drastic failure. Eight servicemen died without having the chance to rescue a single…

where citizens of a different country as well, and those who had health problems. Present Carter who was frustrated with how slow it was moving and how much he wanted to save the hostages Carter launched a rescue mission. April 1980 was when Operation Eagle Claw was launched but the day the mission…

levels in the United States of America. Though the laws are in place to protect the animals, more often than not, the punishments for harmful acts are minimal. For instance, in 2007, Michael Vick (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles) was charged with running a dogfighting operation. This case was played out in the news over time, because of Vick’s career. Vick plead guilty to charges brought against him, and wound up serving twenty-three months in prison. To anyone, twenty-three months may seem…

On January 16th, 1979, a grieve and joy fell over Iran. It was the day that the shah of Iran left with the promise of coming back. He left while leaving millions of supporters wondering: is the shah really going to come back? That question was answered when an army officer fell down at the shah's feet and wept and begged the shah not to leave. The question was answered when he pushed back tears while going up the stairs that led to his plane. It was answered when shah's last step took forever…

Introduction “Selma,” I think while meaning well, is another piece of counter revolutionary, ruling class propaganda. It is like a “how not to manual” in how not to make revolution, then and now. I was an activist in the days in question in this movie and all the thousands of revolutionary voices that were raised, back in the day, are more thoroughly crushed in this film than all the might of U.S. imperialist military, police, intelligence and public opinion creating machines…