One principles founders used as part of the basis for the constitution were <u>popular sovereignty</u>.
They were making new things
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I am assuming that you are talking about the Iran Hostage Crisis, and the reason why he had negotiated was because of the recent failed military operation "Eagle Claw". At the time he did not want to risk another operation that if failed, or detected could lead to the hostages execution. Also at the time, the hostage takers were less of terrorists, and more of protesters (of the CIA placed Sha {leader}) who had suddenly taken the embassy.
I don't think such event ever happened.
The count force mina to drink his blood because of the sexual attraction that the Count felt toward mina.
He managed to do this because the count threaten that he would kill mina's husband if she do not obeying him.