I won't stand for Carter slander: he was a darn good president too. What he wasn't good at, was politicking, and that was because he also was a good man, to a fault. He gave an honest answer to a question on if he had ever lusted after a woman who was not his wife, and reaped a scandal.
No way that created the modern Islamic Iran. Carter supporter the shah. To the extend USA decided the outcome, it was by supporting the shah for too long, and for the US role in the 1953 coup.
But IMO the USa played third fiddle in that story, this was between Ruholla and the shah
I just listened to a the rest is history podcast and he had a few things he was lacking and wasn’t particularly flattering but he was an upstanding citizen at the very least.
best _former_ president of all time.
I won't stand for Carter slander: he was a darn good president too. What he wasn't good at, was politicking, and that was because he also was a good man, to a fault. He gave an honest answer to a question on if he had ever lusted after a woman who was not his wife, and reaped a scandal.
He created modern iran by trying to ditch the shah?
No way that created the modern Islamic Iran. Carter supporter the shah. To the extend USA decided the outcome, it was by supporting the shah for too long, and for the US role in the 1953 coup. But IMO the USa played third fiddle in that story, this was between Ruholla and the shah
He's helicopter crash away from being remembered as a daring wartime president.
Pretty good president overall. Too bad he told America what they didn’t want to hear, like they had to make tradeoffs regarding energy use.
I just listened to a the rest is history podcast and he had a few things he was lacking and wasn’t particularly flattering but he was an upstanding citizen at the very least.
Rickover: Did you do your best? Carter: No, sir. I didn't always do my best. Rickover: Why not?