"Argo fuck yourself!"
The 1979 Iran hostage crisis didn't produce too many feel-good stories. What was originally intended as a quick storming of the U.S. Tehran embassy compound to make a point soon turned into an intensely ugly 400+ day standoff.
While the movie takes some liberties with the rescue attempt itself - there were no last-minute near misses for dramatic effect - the depiction of the Foreign Service itself is fairly accurate.
Argo serves as a good counterpoint to those who think diplomatic work is all cocktail parties and not paying parking tickets. People forget that we work very conspicuously in almost every country in the world, relying on a few Marine guards and an international treaty to protect us against the combined animus of entire nations at a time. If those Marines and that piece of paper aren't enough, good luck...
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