Gary Nunn wrote: >When Jimmy Carter was president, I was a teenager with things on my mind >other than politics and foreign policy. > >But now, being a little older and better educated, the more I read about >Jimmy Carter, the more respect I have him. > I have a couple of questions (genuinely - I'm not debating I am just curious) 1. Why didn't he do something about Cuba when he was in power (or is the current stand a result of the end of the Cold War) ? 2. Why did he give away the Panama Canal Zone, which surely was of huge strategic importance to the USA, not to mention an incredibly expensive asset to acquire in the first place?
Cheers Russell C.
