DxK@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoJimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harriswww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-squareDxK@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up114·edit-21 month ago“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down43·1 month 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-up24·1 month 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-down7·1 month agoCarter gave birth to the Mujahideen, which became Taliban and Al-Qaeda
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month 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-up20arrow-down1·1 month 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-down8·1 month agoHe planted the seeds that created the Mujahideen
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month 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-down2·1 month agoTell me you know nothing about history in one sentance challenge: Success
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·1 month 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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