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It is not "parsing" to understand the difference between accusing someone of an incompetent foreign policy that resulted in the rise of a dictator, and accusing someone of deliberately offering moral and financial aid to that dictator. No, Carter did not "intall the current Iranian regime." That is, to put it bluntly, a lie. And if you are going to equate foriegn policy errors with the deliberate installation of a repressive regime, then the person to blame is Eisenhower -- whose administration in 1953 quite deliberately and knowingly overthrew a Democratically elected government in Iran and installed the Shah.
It is not "parsing" to understand the difference between accusing someone of an incompetent foreign policy that resulted in the rise of a dictator, and accusing someone of deliberately offering moral and financial aid to that dictator. No, Carter did not "intall the current Iranian regime." That is, to put it bluntly, a lie. And if you are going to equate foriegn policy errors with the deliberate installation of a repressive regime, then the person to blame is Eisenhower -- whose administration in 1953 quite deliberately and knowingly overthrew a Democratically elected government in Iran and installed the Shah.
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 13:44, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
--[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 13:44, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
::Rob, PF makes a good point. It's a subtle distinction, but there's no point alienating liberals by using languge like a blunt instrument. How about ''blames Carter for allowing Khomeni to come to power''?
::Most critics attribute incompetence to Carter, rather than malice. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 13:53, 29 March 2007 (EDT)