As a reaction to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, President Carter?
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... sent money, arms, aid and covert military trainers to the Afghani rebels including Osama Bin Laden and a lot of other people who would eventually form the governments and organizations which supported and engaged in terrorism against the west.
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Jimmy Carter, who defeated Ford in the 1976 Presidential election.
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Well as a moderate dem, I don't know if you were able to catch any of former Pres. Carter's interviews yesterday on programs like the Diane Reams show and the News Hour on PBS.  He doesn't label it civil war.  He used some comparisons of some millions of deaths in other countries that have had civil wars last few years.  (the country names escape my recollection).  I agree with his point, though, he says it's civil strife for sure but regardless of the label it was a mistake to focus so much of our resources on Iraq and losing our focus in Afghanistan.  Well said.
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It happened to the Soviet Union.  Don't be complacent...anything can happen.
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Your public library would have copies of newspapers and magazines from then ... start your search in 1979, soon after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
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Peace on you.... well, I think Pakistan was US very strong ally in cold war against Russia. Pakistan fought war against Russia in Afghanistan for US. In those days Bin Laden was very important ally for US like Saddam Hussein was American ally against Iran for many years. This is politics which turn with the passage of time. Pakistan's border countries are India Iran Afghanistan. May Allah bless us .
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Not really, the made jokes about President Carter they called him the peanut farmer. \n\nThey also made fun of Harry S. Truman, they didn't think he was educated enough to become president after president Franklin Roosevelt died. As a matter of fact he was Franklin Roosevelt's Vice President and was not even told the United States was on the verge of the atomic bomb that is how much President Franklin thought of him. Gen Douglas MacArthur almost showed disdain for him. President Truman had to eventually relieve him of his duties.\n\nRichard Nixon had a lower approval rating than President Bush and was eventually disgraced, he left his office before being impeached.\n\nThey laughed at Calvin Coolidge and called him slow Cal.\n\nThey called Taft fat Taft as he was the largest President we have ever had in office as far as weight is concerned.\n\nSo you can see there have been many presidents that had unfavorable stances with the public. \n\nIn some instances we did not have rapid media news as we have today, so it took awhile for the news to reach certain parts of the country.\n\nI hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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I'm not a liberal, obviously. (There but for the grace of God go I), but there's one thing I remember the most about Jimmy Carter that you neglected to mention. It's had a longer lasting effect that anything else that idiot did. And as a resident of FL, I am shocked that you overlooked it-\n\nTHOSE F*CKING MURIEL BOATLIFTS!!!! Thanks a lot, you stupid cracker!!!
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I would say so, Jimmy Carter has been called upon several time to act as minister for foreign affairs. America is lucky to have had him as a President. This guy above me is wrong again. President Ford gave Iran the Nuclear technology they have right now. Iran isn't a treat to America anyway, and nobody is listening to the warmongering Republicans on the Iran Issue anyway.
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President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all Vietnam War draft evaders. ??????????????????????????????
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d) Carter --  camp david accords in 1978.  \n\nSee this link for more info:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords
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In November 1983, a NATO manoeuvre code-named Able Archer 83, which simulated a NATO nuclear release, caused panic in the Kremlin. Soviet leadership, led by ailing General Secretary Yuri Andropov became concerned that US President Ronald Reagan may have been intending to launch a genuine first strike. In response, Soviet nuclear forces were readied and air units in Eastern Germany and Poland were placed on alert. Though at the time written off by US intelligence as a propaganda effort, many historians now believe Soviet fear of a NATO first strike was genuine.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year war between the Soviet forces and the anti-government Mujahideen insurgents that were fighting to depose Afghanistan's Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) government. The Soviet Union supported the government while the insurgents found support from a variety of sources including the United States and Pakistan.
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16 June 1979\nMemphis, Tennessee (heart attack)
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Ronald Reagan brought the Soviet Union to its knees and ended the cold war while pulling the U.S. out of the dredges of the Carter era of high inflation and high interest rates.  He brought back American pride--he made the country feel good again in a time when the country was not feeling very well.
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An assasination attempt, social security nearly collapsed and he gave the agency huge bailout funding, his tax cutting policies caused a huge financial deficit and he had to find ways to cut federal spending. There were so many problems concerning American veterans that he had to form a new federal agency for veterans affairs, and the Iranian hostage crisis was happening as he was inaugurated. The Iranians refused to deal with Jimmy Carter. This single event caused a huge military buildup for the United States to begin. Also the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was a big setback for NASA and Reagan's "Starwars" plan for nuclear defense