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> really seem interested in world peace Definitely. He returned the Panama Canal to Panama because it's the right thing to do despite perhaps not being in the
by coin 4y ago
> really seem interested in world peace
Definitely. He returned the Panama Canal to Panama because it's the right thing to do despite perhaps not being in the US' best interest. He advocated Palestine's rights despite all the resistance from the pro-Israel community.
- oxfeed65261 4y agoApparently my grandfather had a bumper sticker, “Keep the canal, give ‘em Carter.”
- candiddevmike 4y agoSeems so subtle and nuanced compared to FJB and other slogans you see today.
- starkd 4y agoIt only becomes nuanced when it gets framed by a historical context, when we can look back and explain it all. Carter has mellowed a lot over the years. He was a very young president. At the time, one of the chief complaints about his white house was that it was rudderless, that it lacked leadership. He gave an infamous speech where he described the country as being in a malaise.
- mc32 4y agoThis is true, but crassness has permeated the public arena. Online, radio, TV, even print media, so it's not surprise to see it on bumper stickers announcing the politician partisans deeply dislike.
- chx 4y agoHe also signed SALT-II which got never ratified and returned the Hungarian Crown to Hungary (which was a Soviet satellite at the time). https://hu.usembassy.gov/embassy/budapest/embassy-history/return-holy-crown-st-stephen/ https://hu.usembassy.gov/embassy/budapest/embassy-history/re...