"The Jimmy Carter who sent a warm letter of regards to the Ayatollah Khomenei, praising him as a man of God?"
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Did he really say that? Holy CRAP! (double meaning intended) If so, he's definitely from the Jim Jones sect of Christianity.
He's also the guy who cancelled the B-1 bomber and tried to replace it (and B-52's) with C-5 Galaxies parachuting ICBM's out the cargo hatch and igniting them.
Indeed he did. And the Ayatollah took measure of the man and promptly (actually about a week later) instructed his revolutionary guards to overrun the embassy. read all about it.