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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan you imagine Jimmy Carter going back into Vietnam after we lost that debacle??? Just sayin'... NT
Warpy
(111,339 posts)There were no Americans to defend. He did do a lot of humanitarian aid for people who made it to the refugee camps, like ethnic Chinese who were fleeing persecution and trying to get our borders opened up just a little to let the ones who wanted to come here do so.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)the sh!t hit the fan
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Trying to keep that rapist / murderer / tyrant Reza Pahlavi in power, for one. Arming and sending training to right-wing Afghan militia in an attempt to overthrow the government in Kabul, for another. Starting those snuggly ties with saddam Hussein once re-seating the emperor of persia proved a lost cause. Tickling the toes of any number of Latin American dictators at the same time...
Jimmy Carter was no saint. It's just that a sinner like Reagan was the follow-up act and stole all the thunder of shitty interventionist policy for himself.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Just sayin'...