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Skriven 2009-01-17 13:13:06 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
  Kommentar till text 26207 av BjöRn Felten (2:203/2)
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Hello Bjorn,

>RC>He was indecisive in the hostage crisis, holed himself up in the White
>RC>House and showed the world that hostage taking and terroristic
>RC>activities could disrupt the routines of the Govt.

BF>Indecisive as in not listening to the trigger happy agencies that
BF>assured him they could easily free the hostage (yeah, right, sure they
BF>could...).

No combat troops died during the Carter presidency.  No hostages
died during the Iranian hostage crisis.  What easily could have been
an incident starting WWIII was defused by intelligent negotiations,
leading to the successful release of all Americans held hostage by
Iran.

>RC>We had oil/gas shortages, double digit inflation and
>RC>massive unemployment.

BF>And how could any of that be Carter's fault?

The economy was sound, although there was inflation.  People had jobs,
and times were good.  Sure, there was a recession in 1980, but that was
small potatoes compared to what the economy went through during the
Reagan years and is going through today.

BF>In the first case it was the Arabs that caused it (the entire world
BF>had the same problem) and in the second and third case you were
BF>paying the price for a stupid "police action" in Vietnam, surely you
BF>understand that such an enormous military-industrial venture comes at
BF>a severe cost for the people that eventually has to foot the bill?

Carter deregulated the price of oil and gas, which gave incentive for
the oil companies to drill for more oil.  The Vietnam War had ended
before Carter had taken office, with all troops (and POWs) having
returned home. Carter did grant amnesty to those individuals who had
avoided the draft by going to Canada and other places, allowing them to
return home. Carter also returned the Panama Canal to Panama, which was
the right thing to do, although most conservatives strongly objected.
But the biggest of Carter's achievements was keeping us out of war,
with the loss of no combat troops during his tenure as president.

--Lee


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