[denydenydeny]

I’m a contrarian on the subject of Jimmy Carter.

For me, the worst thing that happened under his watch, even worse than what happened in Iran, was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Kremlin rightly saw him as fatally weak and went into Afghanistan confident that Carter’s America would do nothing.

The Afghan war created Al Qaeda and Sunni Islamic fundamentalism as a real military force, and we’ll be fighting it for generations. Thanks, Jimmy.

[freerepublic_or_die]

Whadd’ya mean? What about the Olympic boycott?

[LomanBill]

>>The Afghan war created Al Qaeda and Sunni
>>Islamic fundamentalism as a real military
>>force, and we’ll be fighting it for generations.
>>Thanks, Jimmy.

 

You are correct that Jimmuh Carter created Al Qaeda.  He and Zbigniew Brzezinski supported Islamic jihad in Afghanistan with the specific intent of causing the Soviets to invade.

 

It was called "Operation Cyclone".   AFAIK, Carter has never taken responsibility - but Zbig brags about it.