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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4187257" data-attributes="member: 18222">And Carter supported Riza and bungled his forced deposing which culminated in Carter&#039;s deposing and gave the USA Reagan, the greatest President of the 20th century.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/10/22/how-jimmy-carter-lost-iran/" target="_blank">How Jimmy Carter lost Iran</a> - The Washington PostPresident Trump’s recent decision to refrain from certifying the 2015 Iran nuclear deal harks back 38 years to another pivotal presidential decision about Iran. On Oct. 21, 1979, President Jimmy Carter authorized the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment — with catastrophic consequences. Carter blundered because of vacillation, shortsighted thinking, a disregard for identified risk and inept implementation that included zero precautions to protect against disaster.Carter considered Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi an ally and friend. In December 1977, he visited Tehran and toasted the shah for making Iran “an island of stability” and for “the admiration and love which your people give you.” It was a delusional toast, one that demonstrated a total lack of understanding of historical legacies and the political fires raging in Iran.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4187257, member: 18222"] And Carter supported Riza and bungled his forced deposing which culminated in Carter's deposing and gave the USA Reagan, the greatest President of the 20th century. [B][SIZE=6][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/10/22/how-jimmy-carter-lost-iran/']How Jimmy Carter lost Iran[/URL][/SIZE][/B] - [FONT=Book Antiqua][I]The Washington Post[/I][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma]President Trump’s recent decision to refrain from certifying the 2015 Iran nuclear deal harks back 38 years to another pivotal presidential decision about Iran. On Oct. 21, 1979, President Jimmy Carter authorized the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment — with catastrophic consequences. Carter blundered because of vacillation, shortsighted thinking, a disregard for identified risk and inept implementation that included zero precautions to protect against disaster. Carter considered Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi an ally and friend. In December 1977, he visited Tehran and toasted the shah for making Iran “an island of stability” and for “the admiration and love which your people give you.” It was a delusional toast, one that demonstrated a total lack of understanding of historical legacies and the political fires raging in Iran.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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