A piece of the puzzle Rod, but not the whole puzzle. Face it, Carter was—and still is—a doofus do-gooder.
He thinks he the smartest and nicest guy in any room.
He is foolishly naive in the same way as Neville Chamberlain was waving his “Peace In Our Times” agreement with Hitler.
Agreed,poor Jimmy take the hammer out of his hand and pull the peanuts out of his pocket and he’s lost.