Word: supportiveness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong that even pro-Western Islamic leaders have been reluctant to give the U.S. more than minimal support in the hostage crisis. They have explicitly warned Washington that any U.S. military strike on Iran, even one undertaken in retaliation for the killing of the hostages, would so enrage their people as to threaten the security of every government in the area...
These are two of the conclusions from a survey of U.S. attitudes about the Iran crisis, conducted for TIME by the opinion research firm Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc. The telephone poll of 1,041 registered voters showed that 64% would support military action if that were the only way to get the hostages out unharmed; 63% would back a show of force if the hostages had been hurt or killed by their captors. Yet a markedly smaller number (39%) said they favored military action if the embassy prisoners were merely put on trial. Three-fourths of the voters polled...
...have united strongly behind the President in his efforts to free the hostages. In the survey, 66% rated Carter's handling of the crisis as "just right," while 27% felt that he had been "too soft," and only 1% thought he had been "too hard." The breakdown of support by party affiliation: 66% of Democrats, 58% of Republicans...
Nearly three out of four Americans also disapproved of Senator Edward Kennedy's criticism of previous American policies in Iran and of the Shah, who, he said, "ran one of the most violent regimes in the history of mankind." Was it wrong for the U.S. Government to support "antidemocratic forces" when it seemed in the American interest to do so? Forty-nine percent answered no, 36% yes. Only one-fourth of those surveyed believed that Ayatullah Khomeini's accusations against the U.S. for supporting the Shah were justified...
...Haven't you really lost a measure of control? The embassy takeover was allegedly undertaken without your knowledge or the support of the Revolutionary Council. Didn't the students take policymaking out of your hands? Do you really control the crowds...