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15. Actually, Carter was given bad advice about letting The Shah seek asylum in the US.

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 03:17 PM

Feb 2020

Carter did not want to let him in. However, our Intelligence community, having installed the Shah in the first place, saw him as a sympathetic asset. So they told the always softhearted Carter that the Shah had life threatening medical problems that could only be treated in the US. When Carter reluctantly granted the Shah asylum, the Iranian people raged into our Embassy and took our people hostage, dooming the Carter Presidency.

Then there was Reagan's October Surprise, but that is a story for a different thread.

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