![]() ![]() ![]() His administration also continued arming the Indonesian military in its brutal and deadly occupation of East Timor.īut Carter also oversaw major (and under-appreciated) foreign policy successes, such as the SALT II nuclear weapons reductions, the Camp David Accords ending the Egypt-Israel conflict, and the removal of U.S. After the Russian invasion, Carter also reimposed draft registration, a costly and foolish policy that persists to this day. ![]() Some of his mistakes (in retrospect, at least), include the failed mission to rescue American diplomats held hostage in Tehran, which ended with nine people dead, and secretly arming Islamist mujaheddin in Afghanistan in order to draw the Soviets into a Vietnam-style bloodbath. It has something to do with "malaise" and lack of "leadership." And the Carter administration surely had its blunders, particularly on foreign policy. As his doctors bring a full-court press of medical interventions-including chemo, surgery and radiation-political commentators are rushing to fill in the 90-year-old former president's legacy.Ĭarter gets a very bad rap, particularly from libertarians and conservatives, but it's not entirely clear why. Last month, Jimmy Carter announced he had cancer and that it has spread to his liver and brain. This article first appeared on the Anything Peaceful site. ![]()
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