A chain of events led the release of hostages, nothing dirty took place talloola you are thinking of the Iran/Contra affair. However Reagan just got in at the right time had Iraq not invaded Iran and had Iran not felt the effects of economic pressure created by president Carter. Reagan secured the release of the hostages through negotiations (you know, the same thing republicans say is wrong) and releasing about 8 billion in Iranian assets. The only real controversy is Reagan didn't wan the hostages released until the day of his inauguration, he didn't want any credit going to Carter. Kind of sick keeping people in the arms of kidnappers in the name of cheap politics.:roll:
I can tell you one thing though, had GWB ben president everyone of those hostages would have been killed in some silly "mission accomplished" scenario.