Final answer:
President Jimmy Carter used several strategies to address the Iranian Hostage Crisis, including communicating the Soviet threat, rallying international disapproval, and authorizing a doomed military rescue. He did not, however, team up with Iraq as a strategy to free the hostages.
Step-by-step explanation:
President Jimmy Carter had a multifaceted approach to the Iranian Hostage Crisis, influenced by the complexity of the situation and the geopolitical context of the time. The options presented – convincing Iran of the Soviet threat, teaming with Iraq, global disapproval, and sending troops – reflect different dimensions of his administration's strategy:
- Option 1: Carter did attempt to convince Iran that the real danger was the Soviet Union, not the United States. This led to the Carter Doctrine, aiming to discourage the Soviets from further actions in the Middle East.
- Option 3: Carter sought to get help from other countries to express disapproval of Iran's actions, including his call for a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow.
- Option 4: While initially recognizing the challenges, Carter authorized a military rescue mission due to political pressure, but it ended in tragedy without even reaching Iranian airspace.
Team-up with Iraq (Option 2) was not part of Carter's strategy. Instead, Iraq's invasion of Iran led to a shift in the Iranian perspective, seeing hostages as bargaining chips, without Carter's direct influence. Therefore, Carter did not team up with Iraq to achieve his goals regarding the hostages.