Letters, May 26, 1980

Failed Rescue

To the Editors:

Finally an effort to free the hostages [May 5]! The fact that it ended in failure is secondary; what is important is that the Iranians know that we have the will and determination to free our people.

Peter J. Plourd II

Prince George, Va.

The raid seems so childishly conceived that one must assume it was not intended to succeed. Was it Carter's Watergate, an attempt to selfdestruct?

Robert Brundin

Torrance, Calif.

It's so easy to blame President Carter. But if the rescue had succeeded, all of us would be cheering...

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