US Presidency
1980

And I think that this is a kind of a hypocritical policy when, at the same time, we're maintaining a detente with the one nation in the world where there are no human rights at all'the Soviet Union. Now, there was a second phase in the Iranian affair in which we had something to do with that. And that was, we had adequate warning that there was a threat to our Embassy, and we could have done what other Embassies did'either strengthen our security there or remove our personnel before the kidnap and the takeover took place. MR. SMITH. Governor, I am sorry, I must interrupt. President Carter, you have a minute for rebuttal. THE PRESIDENT. I didn't hear any comment from Governor Reagan about what he would do to stop or to reduce terrorism in the future. What the Western allies did decide to do is to stop all air flights commercial air flights'to any nation involved in terrorism or the hijacking of airplanes, or the harboring of hijackers.