Jimmy Carter dead at 100

[TitoFan]

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-car...a3eec276020dd7


Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. Being old enough to remember when he was President, I can't help but think of the stark contrast between the Presidents of those days, and the Presidents of today... most notably Donald Trump. You couldn't ask for a more colossal difference between the two. Whether you liked Jimmy's presidency or not... whether you agreed with his policies... the point is that he was a President to be respected. He was a dignified man, worthy of respect and admiration.

How sad that the world has changed to the point where we now have to debate whether a guy like Donald Trump makes a good President or not.

Carter got a lot of flak for supposedly being weak-spined... and the blame for the Iran hostage crisis of that time fell squarely on him. Only when Ronald Reagan "came to the rescue" was U.S. image finally rectified in the world's eyes. Not saying it was that simple... but that was the general take at the time. Still... Carter was a man who many looked up to.

R.I.P., Jimmy Carter.

How was the hostage crisis Jimmy Carter's fault?

I clearly said that was how people saw it at the time. In actuality, it was more complex than that, and was a result of a situation that had been brewing for some time. The US's longtime support of the Shah of Iran, coupled with the Shah's poor handling of his country's ultra religious sector, apparently created the resentment that eventually resulted in the hostage crisis. Carter was a victim of bad timing, as usually happens in these cases. Fact of the matter is... the hostages didn't come home until Reagan had taken over. Circumstances surrounding that are obviously debatable.