1979? Iranian hostage crisis??... You can't be serious, are you?... Do you believe that event occurred arbitrary or do you think, perhaps, there were years of US provocation leading up to the taking of the US embassy by those Iranian students??... Regardless of religious affiliation, eventually they'll all push back, always... Especially in the mideast where it has always been and will always be about oil... It is the one region that the world is entirely reliant on for economic survival...