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Walter Shapiro

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Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Researched this recently for a Carter piece: Carter's original instincts were to bar the Shah of Iran from entering the country for medical treatment. But people like Kissinger and David Rockefeller successfully lobbied the administration -- and Carter reluctantly relented. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrWalterShapiro @OsitaNwanevu The hostages and the oil shock were shots below the waterline that nobody could have… https://t.co/SRkFlkxBJd

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@CharlesPPierce @OsitaNwanevu Not defending everything Carter did. (I should mention that, having left the White House in September 1979, no hostages were taken on Shapiro's watch). Where it gets complicated is something like airline deregulation which drastically lowered prices but led to its own horrors. — PolitiTweet.org

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@manerdm I am doing this from memory, so I may be a little off. There were two things going on simultaneously: 1). Carter's belief that the Shah was close to death. In reality, the Shah lived until July 1980. 2). Fears that predated the Shah entering the US that hostages would be taken. — PolitiTweet.org

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