DxK@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoJimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harriswww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1external-linkJimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harriswww.thedailybeast.comDxK@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareDxK@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up116·edit-25 months ago“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down45·5 months agoHe also planted seeds in the ME that has allowed the US to always have an unstable relationship in the region
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·5 months agoRonald Reagan prolonged the Iran hostage crisis and then resolved it by selling weapons to Iran - which was illegal. Its a great tragedy that Ronald Reagan wasn’t prosecuted for treason.
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·5 months agoCarter gave birth to the Mujahideen, which became Taliban and Al-Qaeda
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·5 months agoThat’s incorrect. Mojaheds were a group of Muslim-Socialist democratic parties. The only thing in common between them is using weapons. Unless you call everybody US armed Mojaheds.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·5 months agoThe creation of Israel, and the US aided Iranian coup of 1953 both happened a couple decades before Carter. Those seeds were planted and had been growing for a while.
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·5 months agoHe planted the seeds that created the Mujahideen
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoThey were chill. They may be the reason Pakistan and Taliban are weaker today than they could be, not stronger.
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·5 months agoTell me you know nothing about history in one sentance challenge: Success
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·5 months agoMujahideen has entered the chat
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
He also planted seeds in the ME that has allowed the US to always have an unstable relationship in the region
Ronald Reagan prolonged the Iran hostage crisis and then resolved it by selling weapons to Iran - which was illegal. Its a great tragedy that Ronald Reagan wasn’t prosecuted for treason.
Carter gave birth to the Mujahideen, which became Taliban and Al-Qaeda
That’s incorrect. Mojaheds were a group of Muslim-Socialist democratic parties. The only thing in common between them is using weapons.
Unless you call everybody US armed Mojaheds.
The creation of Israel, and the US aided Iranian coup of 1953 both happened a couple decades before Carter.
Those seeds were planted and had been growing for a while.
He planted the seeds that created the Mujahideen
They were chill. They may be the reason Pakistan and Taliban are weaker today than they could be, not stronger.
Tell me you know nothing about history in one sentance challenge: Success
Mujahideen has entered the chat
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