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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (73560)	2/22/2006 6:12:42 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

No, Carter negotiated with them. U.S. Administration Carter 1977-1981 Middle East Israel & Egypt, 1978-79: Carter meets privately with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and brings Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat together for a 13-day retreat at Camp David. Egypt becomes the first Arab country to recognize Israel, in exchange for return of the Sinai Peninsula. However, the Palestine issue remains unresolved although Begin formally recognizes “the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.” Iran, 1979: Shiite fundamentalist Ayatollah Komehni ousts the U.S.-friendly Shah and seizes 40 U.S. embassy hostages. Carter negotiates for their release. Reagan campaign secretly agrees to provide Iran with arms if they will delay release of hostages until after the 1980 election. Carter’s failure to win release of the hostages probably costs him re-election. The hostages are released on the day of Reagan’s inauguration. Afghanistan, 1979: Two coups in the 1970s arouse fears in the Soviet Union of alliance with the U.S., creating yet another missile threat near their border. They invade, and Carter declares the right of the U.S. to protect its interests anywhere in the world, halts grain and high-tech exports to the Soviets, and cancels American participation in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Carter also initiates a CIA program to train mujahideen fighters resisting the Soviets that is actively continued by the Reagan administration. Latin America Panama, 1978: Carter signs Panama Canal treaty returning canal to Panama, and agrees to closure of CIA terrorist training school in the Canal Zone. Chile, Argentina and Brazil: Carter, who despises U.S. policies supporting “right-wing monarchs and military dictators” in the name of anti-communism, imposes sanctions for human rights violations. (12) Nicaragua, 1979: The Sandinistas overthrow their brutal dictator, Somoza, and request U.S. aid. Carter’s $75 million aid request is refused by Congress. The Sandinistas turn to Cuba and the Soviet Union for help, and begin to assist the revolutionary movement in El Salvador against its repressive regime and ultraright, CIA-trained military. Southeast Asia CIA Redirection: Carter appoints Admiral Stanfield Turner as CIA Director with instructions to purge the agency of “rogue elephants” who had conducted covert operations in southeast Asia that contributed to the Vietnam war, and to end interventions in the affairs of foreign governments. (13)