伊朗的好战分子于一九七九年十一月在德黑兰占据美国大使馆,并且扣留了大约六十名美国人作人质。后来,营救人质的计划遭遇重挫,对此,时任美国总统吉米·卡特即在电视里郑重声明:“一切责任在我。”仅仅因为这句话,卡特总统的竞选支持率骤然上升了10%以上(尽管最终他因种种原因未能连任总统)。 Iran’s militants occupied the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November 1979 and detained about 60 Americans as hostages. Later, the plan to rescue the hostages suffered a serious setback. In response, the then U.S. President Jimmy Carter solemnly declared on television: “All responsibility lies with me.” Only for this reason, President Carter’s candidacy rose sharply More than 10% (although eventually he was unable to serve as president for a variety of reasons).