Just asking who you mean by “we”. Carter did not side with the Shah.
>>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.