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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Carter was terrible for the military and foreign policy. Our job was to punch holes in the ocean and protect the fleet from anything that went in their direction. Those hostages were there for 444 days and Carter sat on his hands.
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Carter was terrible for our military and our foreign policy. And our domestic policy too.
But I disagree that he "sat on his hands" during the Iranian hostage crisis. He did in fact order our military to take action, which was operation Eagle Claw, and it was a stunning failure and a complete embarrassment to the United States military. He ordered the US military into action, they failed him, and Carter pursued political options (which also failed).