Certainly seems so to me!
2007-07-26 05:16:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Whoops, I meant Carter, of course.
2007-07-26 05:20:45 · update #1
NO there is a big difference.
Carter had his situation forced upon him and then had the hadicap of neocons running and end game around him."keep the hostages locked up till the US election is over, and we will then sell weapons to Iran under the table"
While Bush is responible for the war he started, and its conduct was designed by his cohorts.
2007-07-26 05:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, except unlike bush, the hostage crisis was not carter's doing. carter had little or no say in the iranian revolution. he probably could have done more to negotiate the hostages' release. but many people forget it actually was carter that secured their release. it just wasn't announced until reagan inaugural address as sort of a last f-you to carter and his policies.
bush on the other hand is in a mess that is all of his own doing. and unlike carter he doesn't seem to be working towards any particular end. but rather he is simply stalling for time until his presidency is over at which time he will pass off iraq to someone else and wash his hands of the whole situation.
2007-07-26 05:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freudian slip?
If I were President in '79, I'd have reduced Iran to a crater.
2007-07-26 05:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by truthisback 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carter is weak. He was paralyzed by INACTION in Iran. He just let our hostages sit there and passed the problem onto Reagan.
Bush is strong. He took action and now Saddam is dead along with many many many terrorists.
2007-07-26 05:20:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Your right I see that to but the only reason why Carter failed is that talking he could of done something and the liberals just let him do it.
2007-07-26 05:21:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jeremy P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, they are similar in the fact that both issues overshadowed their presidency's so much that it made it difficult to focus on anything else.
2007-07-26 05:20:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We have committed so much of our military resources, financial resources, and attention to that one issue that we are basically unable to do anything else...
2007-07-26 05:20:02 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bush's presidency is frozen because he's an idiot.
2007-07-26 05:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Watson (UK) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋