The hostages are now in their 145th day of captivity. and there is no sign that they will be freed until summer. if then. The spectacle of American Embassy personnel being put on trial in Tehran looms as a real possibility. and today we learn from news reports that 11.000 Iranians have been admitted into this country since the crisis began. According to the reports. one of the "students" who arrived yesterday was carrying a book on how to make bombs. yet immigration officials were quoted as saying they were powerless to do anything about it since current U.S. policy is to do nothing which might provoke Iran. Until now. I have refrained from criticizing the Presidents policies on Iran in the belief that Americans must unite behind their President in times of crisis.
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