Echoes of the past on this Easter Morning, images of C-130s destroyed in the Iranian deserts - but here, now, the trapped Americans have been rescued, not left blindfolded prisoners to the islamic fanatics for 444 days. And while I appreciate all the logical arguments for wholly defanging a nearly nuclear Iran, I wonder how much of this is motivated by what the President saw of those mass executions of protesting Persians committed by the islamic fanatics in January of this year? Credible reports of 30,000 civilians being slaughtered - what atrocities did THAT entail? How much driven by the USN sailors on their knees in Jan 2016? And for context, here's 590 Madison in NYC, under construction in 1980, with the sign tracking the number of "Days in Captivity" for the American hostages. These posters were on sites all across the city; it was a deep wound to American men that never quite healed. Praying for all our forces on this Easter, and for a quick cessation of hostilities.
