"nestork" wrote in message
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Thanks, Tegger.

'Tegger[_3_ Wrote:
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Here's what diplomat Ken Taylor himself says about that affair:


"On Monday, Taylor said he was mollified by former U.S. president Jimmy
Carter telling CNN’s Piers Morgan last week that the film greatly
exaggerated the CIA’s role and underplayed the Canadians’
contributions. “When a U.S. citizen makes that case, it really has
an authenticity to it, and a disinterest,” said Taylor.
“He’s just clarifying those first three months.”

"Mollified" means pacified or appeased.

Jimmy Carter was President while that Canadian Caper happened. He says
he was briefed every day on what was happening with the twenty something
Americans that were being held hostage by the Iranian revolutionaries
and the remaining six that were living in property owned by the Canadian
government. If anyone knows what actually happened, it'd be President
Carter, and he's saying the film makers both greatly exagerated the
CIA's role and underplayed the Canadian role in the rescue.

I think this is just the film makers wanting to make this film more
appealing to the larger American audience.


Americans all want to be great heros full of marvellous ideas.
The fact they have to lie shows the reverse is true.

In fact they are a clueless bunch of pongos, running about the world
inflicting their stupid ideas on luckless people everywhere who own
something they want to thieve.