Tom Holland

You are so right, Dominic.

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And I know that I speak for Dominic as well as for myself when I say we cannot wait to see you there.

I'd like to see you Colonel Beckwith before you leave.

I want to ask you to do two things for me.

I want you, before you leave for Iran, to assemble all of your force, and when you think it's appropriate, give them a message from me.

Tell them that in the event this operation fails, for whatever reason, the fault will not be theirs.

It will be mine.

The second thing is, if any American is killed, hostage, or dealt a force, and if it is possible, as long as it doesn't jeopardize the life of someone else, you bring that body back.

So that was Colonel Charlie Beckwith, a mighty warrior, founder of the US Special Forces Unit Delta Force.

And he was recalling a meeting that he had with President Jimmy Carter on the 16th of April, 1980.

They met in the White House Situation Room to finalize the plans for one of the most daring military operations in American history.

And this was a plan to rescue the 52 Americans who were being kept hostage in the center of Tehran and to get them out of Iran or Iran to safety.

And Dominic, I think both men come out of that meeting very well.

uh it's um i mean you get the the sense you know the incredible courage required to undertake what is going to be a mad operation yes but also carter's concern yeah you know i mean he's obviously causing him immense kind of moral anguish isn't it the whole prospect of it it is but he's doing the right thing and he really impressed colonel beckwith and he said you know if it goes wrong it's on me and then he makes this last request you bring that body back and i've got

But I just wanted to say that because this is an episode that famously kind of dooms Carter's presidency.

I mean, a spoiler alert.