Jimmy Carter's Thoughts on America He thinks America is not handling the middle east well. Let's see how his foreign policy stacks up. On his watch we stopped recognition of Taiwan, had our ally Iran overrun by terrorists and Americans held hostage until ( surprise! ) the day the guy who beat him in the election took power, had the Russians invade Afghanistan with impunity, had communists rebels take over Nicaragua. The only thing he takes credit for? Negotiating a peace between Israel and Egypt ... the latter of whom had their heads handed to them in four wars. It's making my head hurt. Carter is the last person who should criticize another President. This is without even getting into his domestic policies, runaway inflation, and all of the rest that disappointed a nation of optimists ... Article Here