>>Just asking who you mean by “we”. Carter did not side with the Shah.
WE, the American people. Back in those days, our nation was not so divided that we couldn’t get behind the president, regardless of party, once the election was over. We’d campaign to get them out of office once the next election began (and not two years prior to the actual vote either), but we’d respect the office and go along with the Chief Executive while he was in the office.
My point was that Carter, and the USA, didn’t “side” with anyone because of the nation’s psychological state that I mentioned in the earlier post. We let foreign affairs work themselves out, and that’s a big reason why we became the World Police after Reagan took office.
Being Team America: World Police hasn’t been such a great idea either.
I’m afraid that we were so divided. It’s just that the media was more monolithic back then and did not report on it. If we were unified in that weakness referred to herein, then Reagan would not have attained the presidency.
Being “world police” brought “Pax Americana”. Handing off that role to others will result in tyranny and war, so be careful what you wish for.
“we’d respect the office and go along with the Chief Executive while he was in the office.”
I am constrained to point out that Americans who refused to go along threw away our military victory in Vietnam.