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In reply to the discussion: Saudi Historian Says U.S. Women Drive Because They Don't Care If They're Raped [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)And it should have begun once Carter warned everyone, if not sooner.
The oil "shortage" during his administration should have sounded a warning bell that all America should have heard and continued to heed every day. Instead, he is still often called (mostly by Republicans) one of the worst Presidents. Amnesty on his inauguration day, sounding the warning about dependence on foreign oil, not going to war over the hostages, yet getting them back alive (which never would have happened if he had gone to war). If he had done only those three things in his four years, he would still merit heaps of praise. Oh, and add being truly devout, yet managing a high degree of separation of church and state, also very important to me, though not as important as avoiding war.