Lotta maybes in your post. What we know for a fact, is that Carter exacerbated the troubles that Iran was going through, during his presidency.
I missed the ‘76 vote by three months. I had a good full time job by mid-’78 and moved out for the first time with some friends by the end of that year. I had little understanding of why people were upset with Carter but for their complaining about interest rates (”...Don’t you know the prime rate’s going up, up, UUUUP..!”), the energy crisis, the first CAFE standards controversy, the Iranian “Death to America”/hostage situation/rescue mission debacle and the 1980 Olympics boycott. I complained right along with them but only from a surface perspective. Walter Cronkite was a grandfather figure. Other than that...
For me, the genie was out of the bottle by the time Clinton’s impeachment had ramped up...then it was Bush vs Gore and Y2K, 9/11, war in Iraq, elections ‘02-’10, Obama, the Tea Party, etc.
Looking back on it, I guess I didn’t know that I didn’t know as much as I could’ve but since the genie IS out of the bottle, there are always more dots to connect between then and now.
That’s why I like this site and others like it, the EIB Network, FNC, my local conservative radio programs in Detroit (WJR/760am) and if only I knew then what I know now...
Screw that! It just feels good to know that when I see the footage and hear reports of the Occupy situations, I think of how glad I am that it isn’t me but it ain’t over until it’s over.
Nowadays, I think being anti-establishment is the ordure of the day and if knowledge is power then bring it on because I’m ready for “takin’ it to the street” if need be.