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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
Episode: War's End
Description: War’s End?
We’ve honored the character and acts of Jimmy Carter upon his death, as we should.
But most of the honor was due to his works after he left his one-term presidency, defeated by Ronald Regan. People voted for a starkly different candidate (as they did with Trump after both Obama and Biden).
One of Carter’s great blunders was his handling of the Iranian hostage crisis, that lasted for over a year. While there was international pressure and economic compromises, the overwhelming pressure was probably from that election of Ronald Regan, who was seen as someone who wo...