444 was the number of days that our embassey personel were held hostage. 52 was the number of F-14's that we (for reasons beyond my comprehension) sold to the Shah.
The Ayatollah was still in Iraq, and now his crew runs the country: IRAN
Despite what you might think, Israel is in no hurry to blow up the nuclear facility in Iran like they did in Iraq.
As Itzak Rabin once said: "Missle's can fly both ways".
Since Iran still has a Jewish population of about 20,000, the prospect of revenge on this community is not something that Israel would want to provoke by a pre-emptive strike.
Andy
