What Was Jimmy Carter's Greatest Achievement?

[The Rabbi]

Repeating yourself isnt arguing. You are still wrong.
Carter was too afraid to order decisive action and as a result appeared weak and vacillating. When he did finally order military action it was a total clusterfuck.
The Iranians appreciated strength and despised weakness. They still do. So their fear of Reagan led them to release the hostages.

Complete fucking bullshit. You live in a fucking Marvel Comic book.
The hostages were released under the terms of a treaty worked out over a couple of months It's a real document with signatures on it. And none of those signatures is Reagan's or any of his people. Warren Christopher got it done. It would have happened on the 19th if the airport was operational at night.

Countries in the real world (qv) don't just up and take actions because they "like" or "don't like" who got elected six thousand miles away. The world hasn't worked that way since the week after the wheel was invented. You're a fucking retard.

Giveaway of the Panama Canal.

"Giveaway" huh?
Diga me Tonto -- where did we "get" Panama?
For that matter where did Panama come from?

The Algiers Accord is not a treaty. It came down to Carter paying off the Iranians for taking over the US Embassy and holding US hostages.

“The negotiations resulted in the "Algiers Accords" ]of January 19, 1981. The Algiers Accords called for Iran's immediate freeing of the hostages, the unfreezing of $7.9 billion of Iranian assets and immunity from lawsuits Iran might have faced in America, and a pledge by the United States that "it is and from now on will be the policy of the United States not to intervene, directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in Iran's internal affairs". The Accords also created the Iran – United States Claims Tribunal, and Iran deposited $1 billion in an escrow account to satisfy claims adjudicated by the Tribunal in favor of American businesses that had lost assets after the hostage takeover. The Tribunal closed to new claims by private individuals on January 19, 1982.”

How is releasing their own assets paying them off?

Because they didnt have the money. Duh.
Now Obozo is doing it again: releasing billions of dollars even while Iran has judgements against it from US citizens that it refuses to pay.
Obama has sold out to the Iranians.

So...

Iran seizes hostages and we seize their money in retaliation
Iran releases hostages and you think we should keep the money

Which part of reading comprehension did you fail?
Why should we pay Iran all their money when they have outstanding claims against them by Americans?

 

[Pogo]

That Clinton appointee George Tenet INSISTED were there. Remember the "slam dunk case" all the democrooks bought also?

And of course, George Bush is powerless against the influence of The Tenet. It's in the eyes. No one can escape.

What a pathetic post...

Of course you have to ignore the fact that every other state seemed to be able to deal with every other hurricane before and after a bunch of democrooks couldn't evacuate a city, but the failure was all Bush's fault and not convicted felon DEMOCROOK Ray Nagin who was the executive of the city at the time.

Political parties have nothing to do with competence in addressing natural disasters, but inasmuch as your simplistic mind thinks it has to have labels on everybody, Ray Nagin's a lifelong Republican who switched his party in order to get into office, knowing that no Republican has been elected to it since 1870. But as far as personal competence, which IS what matters, Ray Nagin as a businessman with no experience in the public sector, is probably the worst and least competent mayor that could have been in place for that event, even not counting his graft.

I àlways admired Carter for putting solàr collectors on the roof of the White House, which Regan removed when he moved in. :-(

A useless feel good gesture that Reagan rightly rescinded. Who wants that ugly shit up there anyway?

The People who pay the electric bill --- oh wait, that's us. Duh.
A President sets an example when he stands up for his principles and puts his panel where his roof is. Carter set his example, and Reagan set his. Guess which one makes more sense to a nation addicted to oil.

Exactly what kind of moron thinks removing a national symbol of energy efficiency is a good idea? And as far as "ugly shit up there" -- exactly how much time do you spend in the air over the White House?

Some clowns just post without thinking...

 

[boilermaker55]

The Reagan Administration, using an Israeli-operated supply line set up through highly secret negotiations with the regime of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, last year began supplying U.S.-made missiles and weapons parts to Iran in exchange for Iran's aid in freeing Americans held hostage in Lebanon, government sources said Wednesday.
That is what reagan did.


The arrangement, in which the Tehran government received planeloads of military equipment critical to Iran in its lengthy war against Iraq, led to freedom for three hostages held by pro-Iranian extremists and, until this week, appeared to promise further releases, sources said.

If I had to name a single greatest achievement by Jimmy Carter, I would say the Iran Hostage Crisis

Carter ignored the war hawks screaming that our honor was destroyed, that we needed strong military action, bomb them, invade Iran, make them pay

If Carter had listened, he would have appeared to be a strong, decisive President who takes no shit from nobody....It would have gotten him a second term
It also would have probably gotten the hostages killed

Instead, Carter took the insults about his manhood. He worked behind the scenes to negotiate a release

All hostages were returned safely.

LOL! You live in a fantasy world.
In the real world Carter sat by impotently, finally ordering a military strike that was a desperate failure, owing to his cutting the military after Vietnam, and did nothing effective. The Iranians were scared of Reagan and they released the hostages the day he became president.

Carter showed admirable restraint that resulted in all the hostages being returned safely

As the TV networks ticked off the days and Carters approval plummeted during an election year the easy response would have been to play John Wayne and order military action against Iran. It would have given Carter the tough guy cred that would have easily defeated Reagan. It would have also resulted in the death of many of the hostages

Carter realized the safety of the hostages was more important than his own political ambitions

It was his finest hour

Repeating yourself isnt arguing. You are still wrong.
Carter was too afraid to order decisive action and as a result appeared weak and vacillating. When he did finally order military action it was a total clusterfuck.
The Iranians appreciated strength and despised weakness. They still do. So their fear of Reagan led them to release the hostages.

 

[Meathead]

Carter's greatest achievement was ensuring only one term of Democrat rule which ushered in a period of American renaissance known as the ; Reagan Revolution'.

Unintentional indeed, but we are grateful none-the-less.

 

[Pogo]

Carter's greatest achievement was ensuring only one term of Democrat rule which ushered in a period of American renaissance known as the ; Reagan Revolution'.

Unintentional indeed, but we are grateful none-the-less.

Actually it was called "Voodoo Economics" but I guess at this point they're synonymous along with "trickle down".

 

[The Rabbi]

Carter's greatest achievement was ensuring only one term of Democrat rule which ushered in a period of American renaissance known as the ; Reagan Revolution'.

Unintentional indeed, but we are grateful none-the-less.

Actually it was called "Voodoo Economics" but I guess at this point they're synonymous along with "trickle down".

I wish we had more of that "voodoo" going on now. Worst economic recovery on record.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

What Was Jimmy Carter's Greatest Achievement?

Losing the 1980 election

 

[Meathead]

What Was Jimmy Carter's Greatest Achievement?

Losing the 1980 election

Yup, especially to Reagan. Thanks Jimmy!

 

[The Rabbi]

What Was Jimmy Carter's Greatest Achievement?

Losing the 1980 election

By a landslide.
It wasnt an achievement so much as a service to the country.