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"Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later

Director Barbara Kopple spoke to Salon about interviewing Carter, the hostages, Delta Force & Iranians for the film

“I feel that it's always good to take a humanitarian point of view and be diplomatic as long as you possibly can. It certainly didn't work in this circumstance because Khomeini had it out for Carter, because of the Shah. All of the American presidents befriended the Shah, including Carter. Carter was giving [the Shah] a safe place to be when he was sick, and that provoked a lot of tension and made Khomeini not want to deal with Carter at all. To me, Carter was so humane and so incredible and such a good man. One of the great things that happened was that many of the men on the mission and those held hostage saw the film, some of them said, "We didn't respect Carter then, but after seeing the film, now we do. We understand." That made me feel really good that he could be portrayed in such a good way. That people could get him and understand him.”

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I’m telling my professor about my experience with @doddleoddle‘s new book, “Secrets For The Mad” and he proceeds to say “It sounds like a slam review. Is that a genre? Make it one.” so now I have to write a slam poem based on this book and what it means to me. Catch me at Slam Free or Die tomorrow with a slam review. 

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1st SFOD-D/CAG RECCE troop operators during Operation Anaconda

(Source: SOFREP)

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