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[C]arter also said he believed he would have been re-elected if he took military action against Iran in response to the taking of the hostages. Though he argued he "could have wiped Iran off the map," Carter said he thought avoiding war was the "right decision."
"I could've been re-elected if I'd taken military action against Iran, shown that I was strong and resolute and, um, manly and so forth," said Carter, adding: "I could have wiped Iran off the map with the weapons that we had, but in the process a lot of innocent people would have been killed, probably including the hostages, and so I stood up against all that, er, all that advice, and then eventually my prayers were answered and every hostage came home safe and free. And so I think I made the right decision in retrospect, but it was not easy at the time." ...
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Jimmie Carter, in retrospect, was a real doofus -- taking some awful positions, notwithstanding pardoning me and the other Vietnam War draft evaders, AWOL soldiers and others charged with Vietnam War related ''crimes against the military industrial complex'' that was running my peers through a meat-grinder for their own profit and anti-communist dogma. That is the only thing I can credit him with.
Noam Chomsky can say what he wants, I believe in freedom of thought and expression, but I strongly disagree with him.
@kane: Their (Iran's) close association with terrorists, hostile political organizations and governments that want to attack and destroy western governments and Muslims that are not of their Shiite sect is a dangerous ambition if they possess nuclear material for a dirty bomb. If they start to assemble nuclear weapons they will be taken out. The Ayatollah is a sitting duck in Qom -- his city of recluse will be laid waste and should the Ayatollah escape and hide -- Ayatollah Khamenei will spend the rest of his short life evading killer drones
You can lay money on that ... To kill a daemon you cut off the monster's head then finish it off.
Death to Ayatollah Khamenei if he crosses the line -- let that be sung from the rooftops
If the USA doesn't have the balls to go in the Israelis will -- it wouldn't be the first time Israelis have attacked their enemies over their nuclear threats -- the Israelis don't make noise and fuck around -- the Israelis know the soft spots and have the will to do what has to be done.