Jimmy Carter's Christian foreign policy

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Jimmy Carter, a born-again Christian with an unblemished moral reputation, benefited from Watergate to win the 1976 presidential race.

Carter was sincere in wanting to establish a foreign policy based on Christian principles, in so far as it was possible. That's why he removed support from the shah if Iran, the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza, and elevated human rights and human dignity as a foreign policy goal. He relentlessly promoted human rights in the USSR and the Soviet bloc.

He also tried to promote world peace, the Camp David Accords was his most important contribution to world stability.



Source credits
History of the United States, 2nd edition, Patrick Allit, PhD
 
Cypress said:
Jimmy Carter, a born-again Christian with an unblemished moral reputation, benefited from Watergate to win the 1976 presidential race.

Carter was sincere in wanting to establish a foreign policy based on Christian principles, in so far as it was possible. That's why he removed support from the shah if Iran, the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza, and elevated human rights and human dignity as a foreign policy goal. He relentlessly promoted human rights in the USSR and the Soviet bloc.

He also tried to promote world peace, the Camp David Accords was his most important contribution to world stability.



Source credits
History of the United States, 2nd edition, Patrick Allit, PhD
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And in doing so, created a series of foreign policy disasters that echo negatively for the US to this day.

Better to deal with the dictator you know than replace him with one you haven't got a clue about. Each time Carter sided with replacing an in-place dictator, the replacement was far worse both for the people of that nation, and for the US.

Carter destabilized Central America, the Middle East, and even much of Asia. He emboldened the Soviet Union, and if anything, contributed to world political instability.
 
Cypress said:
Jimmy Carter, a born-again Christian with an unblemished moral reputation, benefited from Watergate to win the 1976 presidential race.

Carter was sincere in wanting to establish a foreign policy based on Christian principles, in so far as it was possible. That's why he removed support from the shah if Iran, the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza, and elevated human rights and human dignity as a foreign policy goal. He relentlessly promoted human rights in the USSR and the Soviet bloc.

He also tried to promote world peace, the Camp David Accords was his most important contribution to world stability.



Source credits
History of the United States, 2nd edition, Patrick Allit, PhD
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Jimmy was to nice a guy to be President
 
T. A. Gardner said:
And in doing so, created a series of foreign policy disasters that echo negatively for the US to this day.

Better to deal with the dictator you know than replace him with one you haven't got a clue about. Each time Carter sided with replacing an in-place dictator, the replacement was far worse both for the people of that nation, and for the US.

Carter destabilized Central America, the Middle East, and even much of Asia. He emboldened the Soviet Union, and if anything, contributed to world political instability.
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Wasn't intentional, but yes, pretty much the way it worked out. He hated the Israelis, and pandered to the Islamists, who then turned around and spit on him, being largely just homocidal bandit vermin hiding behind a fake religion, but he never learned his lesson, even in to old age. Reagan didn't do any better, so that whole era sucked re foreign policy, the only bright spot being the Soviet Union imploding on itself.
 
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