Carter Reflected on 1980 Olympic Boycott: 'A Bad Decision'

Carter did the right thing. The Russians were really hurt by the boycott from many reports. Trumpesque if you ask me. Iranians had just taken over the embassy and Brezhnev, seeing an opportunity seized on it. The world was a more dangerous place due to Carter and he couldn't counter any other way.

The subject comes only because of Carter's death.

This is so far down the very long list of Carter’s bad decisions...

Which is why it’s in the news.

What made Carter dangerous was his naïveté. He cancelled the neutron bomb project to entice the Soviets into more peaceful positions and attitudes in other areas of the world. They didn’t play. They’re losses in Ukraine are both good for us and tolerable to them.

Reagan put in Pershing missiles. Then came Star Wars. The left was agains both. They worked.

The USSR and its minions boycotted the 1984 LA games right back. Given what the Olympics has devolved into I no longer care about them presently or what happened in the past anymore.

(The USSR and its minions boycotted the 1984 LA games right back.)

That’s when O.J. Simpson carried the Olympic torch and lit the Olympic flame.

**Jeff Blatnick on the 1984 Olympic team, met Carter on an airplane years later. According to an essay written by the late USOC spokesman Mike Moran, Blatnick said: “He looks at me and says, ‘Were you on the 1980 hockey team?’ I say, ‘No sir, I’m a wrestler, on the summer team.’ He says, ‘Oh, that was a bad decision, I’m sorry.’”**

Newsmax article. It’s the only quote(second hand)that Carter made a mistake. No real proof he second guessed himself. When it comes to the subject of war Newsmax shouldn’t of gone fishing for something to beat him up with.

Give Carter credit for Camp David and airline deregulation. Just don’t make up stuff one can’t verify.