Operation Eagle Claw: The Disastrous Rescue Attempt During the Iranian Hostage Crisis
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The Iranian Hostage Crisis, in which Iranian student revolutionaries held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, was an unprecedented act of state-sanctioned terrorism and a profound humiliation for the United States. In many ways “Operation Eagle Claw,” the ludicrously ambitious plan to rescue the hostages, was the nadir of the whole affair. Intended [...]
Thailand Tried to Barter Chickens for Fighter Jets
Not that there’s anything wrong with a lot of frozen chickens — even 80,000 tons of chicken. It’s just that Lockheed Martin wanted a more transferable currency for its F-16 fighter jets:
For the embassy in Bangkok, winning achieved two goals: helping Lockheed and keeping the Russians from selling planes. There was, however, a small complication [...]
Thailand Tried to Barter 80,000 Chickens for Fighter Jets
Not that there’s anything wrong with a lot of frozen chickens. It’s just that Lockheed Martin wanted a more transferable currency for its F-16 fighter jets:
For the embassy in Bangkok, winning achieved two goals: helping Lockheed and keeping the Russians from selling planes. There was, however, a small complication with the terms — the Thai [...]
