President Carter: Heroic Peacemaker, or Naive Fool???

[Gunthr]

I went to a certain polilce academy with an ex-Secret Service agent with very personal and specific information about Jimmy Carter.  (ss isn't all its cracked up to be...)  my friend stood in reception lines right next to Jimmy and accepted any gifts.... as well as endless guarding of stairwells in the White house.}

Forgive me for just saying that not only is Jimmy Carter an prettythanghole, his kids are spoiled brats, and Carter himsellf has only contempt for Secret Service.

I think Jimmy Carter has contempt for many of our fighting soldiers..

[TalonX]

Carter did give the US Military the green light to try to rescue the embassy hostages, so it is not like he rolled over and played dead in any way.   It was not his fault that the attempt failed due to an accident at the staging airfield.

It was interesting, though, that the Iranians did finally release them just before Reagan assumed office.   For some reason, the Iranians did not want to deal with Reagan.

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Now, LTARGlock gets it.....   The Iranians didn't want to deal with Reagan....   They stretched it out to further emasculate Carter, but, the reality is they knew Reagan would take decisive action.  Not everyone is as stupid as Khaddafy and Saddam....

[Simaril]

[Saxman]

And speaking of stiff necks....

The Israelis this week refused to accept an offered cease-fire by Hamas. From what I understand is, their reasoning was entirely because "We don't believe you." The Egypt-backed proposal would have called for a total cease-fire in Hamas-controlled Gaza, with the establishment of a timetable for doing the same in the West Bank. In return, Hamas requested a reopening of borders in Gaza.

Way to take a chance, Israel.