The conventional wisdom about President Carter’s management of international affairs is exactly wrong, writes David Rothkopf.
has entered hospice care and begun the final phase of his long, remarkable life, we should stop not only to appreciate his outsized contributions to our society but also to reflect on some of the lessons of his political life. And doing so might help correct a longstanding wrong—which is thatWhat is more, the under-appreciation ofwhen he was president offers important insights into our own political moment and how we have gotten here.
Reagan, the author of both the politics and economics of American division, disengaged as president, and in many ways unfit for the office, was beatified by the right wing press, even as his administration was rocked by scandal and associated with policies that exacerbated inequality from coast-to-coast.
Deng Xiaoping, Vice Premier of China and President Jimmy Carter wave from a balcony at the White House, Washington, D.C. in 1979.Carter played an important role in advancing what are now seen to be as foundational elements of a progressive foreign policy agenda. He pushed for human rights and democracy promotion to be at the center of U.S. foreign policy.
Following the advice of his foreign policy team to let the Shah of Iran into the U.S. and then witnessing the subsequent Iranian Revolution, Carter was then bedeviled by the actions of the new regime, which took 66 Americans hostage in November 1979. Carter approved an attempted rescue of the hostages, but it failed and led to the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.
President Jimmy Carter announces new sanctions against Iran in retaliation for taking U.S. hostages in 1980.As was the case with toughening policies against Russia, Reagan was the beneficiary of Carter administration actions.
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