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In reply to the discussion: The Guardian: 'Decades ahead of his time': history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter [View all]heckles65
(544 posts)could have been handled better in the aftermath - Defense Secy. Brown should have resigned, at the least - but it was mostly due to "gotta have my finger in that pie" attitude of the U.S. military services suffered from and continue to suffer from. The rescue mission used Marine helicopter pilots even though that service's helicopter pilots have very limited military experience. Then as now you want the Army's.
Carter can boast of three solid accomplishments: the Camp David Accords, which have kept the general peace in the Mideast to the present; the Panama Canal Treaty, disparaged by people who learned nothing from Britain's experience with Suez 1956; and appointing Paul Volcker to head the Federal Reserve. It's Volcker, not Reagan, who ended stagflation, even though his 'medicine' contributed to Carter's defeat.