Word: jacksons
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This was not the first such excursion by Jackson--he successfully freed POWs held by Saddam Hussein before the Gulf War, and did the same when President Assad of Syria held U.S. pilots hostage during Ronald Reagan's presidency...
...When Jackson negotiated the release of Lieut. Robert O. Goodman Jr. from a Syrian prison in 1983, The New York Times attributed it to "Syria's desires to further antagonize the Reagan Administration by going over its head with a gesture to the American people...
Further, the Times attacked Jackson for vandalizing the country's foreign policy, and concluded its editorial on the matter by suggesting that Jackson's entire trip was simply "media bait...
...important to have people like [Jackson and Jimmy Carter] who can take their own personal prestige and put it to play at a time of crisis. The fact of the matter is that it's tough to turn down a request from Jesse Jackson," Dukakis says...
...according to some, Jackson's aggressiveness does not invalidate his leadership abilities. Dukakis says it is nave to fault a leader for courting press attention...