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Lemme check.Repeating yourself isnt arguing. You are still wrong.LOL! You live in a fantasy world.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.
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
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.
Did their "Fear" of Reagan lead to Iran Contra? Seems Reagan was willing to give them anything to get the release of seven hostages.
Carter gave up nothing to get the release of fifty two hostages
Yup, you're still smoking crack.