Interesting points.

But the US embassy was used to support the Shah Pavhavi monarchy, including training his SAVAK in torture and police state action, not to mention all kinds of espionage. Given these violations of general diplomatic licenses and a change in Iranian government meant the Iranian govt had a legal right to sieze the embassy. Of course they should have done so with a police action and not a student militia.

But an official police siezure of the US embassy in Tehran would have opened up all kinds of cans of worms in diplomacy back then. Then again, America supported Saddam for 7 years leading to 6 million people being killed, so the matter is moot.

But the real reason Reaganites claim that they are at war with Iran its strategically advantageous to be in that position: claiming war gives one the military option.

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