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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: I Salute the Democrat Party
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 13:23:25 -0000 (UTC)
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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:39:10 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

>>Trump is the more vile human being but George W. Bush was the worse
>>president. I may re-assess depending on how much Trump allows Russia to
>>recover militarily.

>Similarly Jimmy Carter was a better human being than either of so two
>but a worse President than either.

Why do you ignore George W. Bush and the phony justification to invade
Iraq and the completely bolluxed up war in Afghanistan?

>He completely mishandled the Iranian hostage affair which allowed the
>Ayatollahs to rise to the level they're at now - and post 1980 Iran
>WAS beyond question and remains the guiding force between HAMAS, the
>Houthis and the now former Syrian government.

No. The Shah had long fled the country. The hostage affair was about
giving the Shah a safe place to land in order to receive medical care.

Carter had no ability to keep the Shah in power nor make a smooth
transition to a republican.

>Agreed it would be excessive to blame Carter for every nefarious act
>the Iranian mullahs have done over the last 45 years but he was
>definitely all in with bells on at the start of their reign of terror.

It's excessive to blame Carter for what you are blaming him for,