I was totally WRONG on this

[@realchris]

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[@LMABelanger]

There's supposedly a fake inauguration on January 6, 2025🇨🇦💯💙🕯️🌟✨💫🕊️🤍🌕🌕🌕🌕

[@MikeBauer-c3v]

Chris, keep it coming. Make 25 better than 24, for me. 😉 Favor, please. 🪄 Like Koreans, know many. Ditto... 🏯. I'm sure they make Gojira jokes there, but they just smile when I ask about it/ them. 😏 Understand ? 🤣😂🤣 Work one of these in for me, sometime. 🦖 Ask your wife, bet she knows a few good ones. 🙂

[@LMABelanger]

The Republican party are a bunch of thieves, they can't win without cheating or stealing. Reagan pulled a fast one, mortgages had interest rates over 20%, people losing homes ect. I was in my early 20s and we were one of the lucky ones, My dad built our home, we paid for materials, and interest was 12%. Bush Jr was responsible. Bush Jr also took a win against Gore, who should have won Florida. Those people the Republicans want money, they have no care for anyone but them. 🇨🇦💯🕯️🌟✨💫🕊️🤍🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕.

[@philpaine3068]

I knew about Reagan's deal with Iran decades ago, and I'm a Canadian. It was obviously no big secret, since it was known to us in Canada. But we had real newspapers then. I was shocked when I travelled in the U.S. in the 1980s and listened to the venomous hatred that Americans expressed when they talked about Carter. Canadians admired him for his obvious honesty and championing of human rights, even confronting the Soviets. They also admired him in circles that knew about it because in 1952, when Carter was lieutenant in the Navy working on a nuclear submarine, he came to Canada to help shut down a nuclear reactor that had melted down ---- and risked his life heroically to do it. It required him to expose himself to dangerous radiation while hanging from a rope and turning bolts by hand. He was a very brave man. But I realized that Americans preferred the posturing of a phony like Ronald Reagan, who fought World War 2 from the safety of the Hollywood Canteen, when he was perfectly fit for military service. No different from their current preference for Commander Bonespurs.

[@poil8351]

scary ain't it. I no longer ever need to ask how germany fell for the austrian painter with the the funny moustache because we are litterally seeing it all over again in real time. it seems that every country is vulnerable to appeal of a posturing loud mouth phony who gives off the aura of being a tough guy.

[@Peachy-KeenJewelsOptional]

Is that really true about the reactor? Any news reports?

[@LMABelanger]

​​@@Peachy-KeenJewelsOptionalmaybe you do your own research. That's the best way, don't you think? That's how I found the fallout from USA fake win. Led me to my country 🇨🇦💯🕊️🕊️🕊️🤍🤍🤍🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯🇨🇦💯🌕🌕🌕️

[@philpaine3068]

@@Peachy-KeenJewelsOptional It was the Chalk River Reactor in Ontario. I've been there. Everyone in the Canadian nuclear industry knows all about it, and everyone anywhere near Chalk River always knew about it. It's well documented, and the story is now being revived on the news of Carter's death, so you'll have no trouble finding the story in reliable sources in both countries. CBC News, which is super-reliable journalistically, revived the story back in 2021, after a Canadian journalist interviewed Carter on the topic and remarked online that he couldn't understand why American journalists weren't interested in the story. Of course, at the time it happened, Carter wasn't anybody important, he was just a Navy Lieutenant, and on top of that it was a top secret experimental; reactor. I don't think anybody noticed it was him until the 1970s.

[@philpaine3068]

@@Peachy-KeenJewelsOptional CBC News revived the story back in 2021. Chalk River Reactor in Ontario. Carter wasn't anybody important when it happened, he was just a Naval Lieutenant..

[@kingpx]

That information has been known for decades....Republican trickery is an art form.

[@johnwright9372]

Republicans have been dirty since Nixon, whose legacy is constantly rehabilitated since by right wing media liars.

[@xamschrader1893]

that's shows how powerful a wrongful narrativ can be, it sticks with you for maybe years.

[@randibgood]

​@@xamschrader1893 Some people will never allow themselves to accept the truth, no matter how many facts and first hand testimony is presented.

[@bevgroves8062]

@@xamschrader1893 It also shows how the mainstream media fail so many times.

[@px7460]

Even before the elections, Carter knew too.

[@mariabengtssonviking]

USA needs more people like you, who have a backbone, a brain, honor and is kind, a little like Carter.

[@apidas]

settle down mate

[@maheshrathod204]

But don't worry right wing people like Laura boomer 😂 will tell him to go back to your own country 😂😂

[@maxwellanderson007]

Nice to see a person who admits being wrong. Thanks.

[@CocolinoFan]

Yes. Everyone is wrong from time to time. But you can tell that when Chris is wrong, is not out of malice, but legitimate mistake, and that make all the difference.

[@Positivecuriosity46]

Refreshing ….we are human.

[@TheStreethack]

Same was done by Nixon, in regard to him telling South Vietnam to hold off on Negotiations to get a better deal after the election, circa 1972. There are patterns of behavior evident with Republican candidates committing Logan Act violations with friend and foe alike, for domestic Political reasons.

[@randibgood]

TRE45ON has been a tradition of republiCON presidents since Nixon.

[@javaman7199]

It was only a little treason.

[@preeyakumari-i2q]

They have always been crooks and still are, look who’s in going to be in the White House

[@jonnelson9760]

Not to dispute this but Nixon was the president in 1972. He was first elected in 1968. Since he was already the president how would it have helped him to hold off on negotiations? Granted he was elected in 1968 partly because he pledged to stop the war and during his presidency he attempted to bring it to a close on American terms. He actually expanded it because he wanted to put pressure on the north Vietnamese to negotiate. He was trying to get the north Vietnamese to negotiate.

[@Wonkaforever]

Bush Jr started a brutal war killing hundreds of thousands in Iraq based on lies just to try to win re-election.

[@bendybruce]

I think Jimmy Carter really set himself apart by virtue of his tireless commitment to humanitarian work once he had left the White House. To me that really demonstrates who he was as a person, and indeed I believe he should be remembered as a good and selfless man.

[@Shimmy246]

Indeed, know a man by his deeds not what others say about them. Reagan was a terrible man, a liar and warmonger much like trump and like trump he’s still dearly loved by many Americans who’ll decry that it was Carter was the warmonger.

[@persuethedream9862]

Carter is the most authentic person we've had in the white house for a century. But we did not appreciate that and the media didn't help.

[@jonathondaniels2011]

The man is a hero folks... men like him are rare. Even God showed us what he thought of Carter. He lived an extra long life... (bible says 75 yrs or so is a blessing from God)... so to give him 100 years means we need to take a good long look at his actions, looks like God is trying to tell us something? I admired the man for real~

[@henrynewton8809]

Carter's only issue was he was too honest and that can't survive in Washington!

[@waterwomaninFL]

I like the saying that he is the best ex president we’ve ever had

[@Redo-hg7xj]

Reagan knew, hell all of Washington knew. I felt so bad for Carter, he tried so hard to bring the hostages home.

[@elaine1034]

The Canadians brought the hostages hiding in the Canadian embassy, home for him.

[@seanpowell3755]

He did,he brokered the deal and they came home when reagan was pres and took credit.

[@joy-c8v6r]

I was stationed in NAS Norfolk when Carter went in to get the hostages; we lost all the aircraft from our sister squadron and a C240 from another. Luckily we didn't lose any personnel.

[@americanppls]

right. the Iran situation lost Jimmy the election. Jimmy was late leaving the oval office bc he was still trying to get the hostages freed up until minutes before Reagan officially took office.

[@DikkieTicker]

I voted Carter twice. I despised Reagan. To this day it turns my stomach when I hear Reagan praised as great president. We are living in a world whose genesis began during his administration.

[@JustCuteGirlz]

As a history major this has been known for a while. So much so that it was in my history text books from ten years ago. I'm not saying this to kick you while your down Chris, but more to show that Conservatives are really good at doing terrible things and covering it up. This is not the first or will be the last time this will happen.

[@akeleven]

I'm amazed to find out it's in history books. I knew because I lived through it.

[@jamesmcmillan2656]

My father used to say the person who never made a mistake never made anything.

[@realchris]

My book is about mistakes www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFHFJP25 :)

[@mariabengtssonviking]

People should stop idolizing people as long as they are alive, history shows that it's wrong. Carter was wrongly criticized by many, and idolized Reagan instead. But I hope that someone will correct the history records and the truth becomes the winner.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

I didn’t idolize Reagan. Didn’t vote for him. I though he was a fake and a fraud

[@ruthslone2992]

My neighbor was one of the young marines held hostage. He said he was questioned and tortured when he had no clue about anything…he was just a guard for the Embassy. They fed him as well as they could, even though food was scarce, after they realized he was not privy to secrets. In 1993, when I talked with him, he had NO IDEA that Reagan had deliberately delayed his release for several months while he was being actively tortured. I’ve never seen anyone crumble as fast as he did. He demanded to know where I heard it, so I gave him the resources, and he was DESTROYED after he read the facts in evidence. I didn’t mean to harm him at all, he was a terrific neighbor, but I had unwittingly triggered his PTSD. When I didn’t see him around, I found out that he’d been hospitalized and had been abusive to his wife while under scary delusions. They divorced, and I never saw him again. (Wherever you are, Jerry, I hope you’ve recovered your heart and soul) Ron Reagan destroyed a whole lot of really good men for the sake of his political ambition.

[@realchris]

Thank you for sharing. We have someone else in the community that mentioned a connection with someone else that was also taken. Always a good reminder that these are real people involved and it's a really small world.

[@daveroche6522]

"We're never too young to learn - and never too old to stop trying".

[@ADadSupreme]

I remember watching the Iran/Contra hearings with Oliver North testifying at work. We all just knew Reagan was going to jail just like today, everyone thought Trump was going to jail. It stuck in my head because at the time I worked at a Sears in a mall in NJ, and someone brought a color TV into the breakroom from the sales floor and everyone who wasn't supposed to be on the floor was watching Oliver North up there lying, then Reagan with all the "I don't know/don't recall" replies.

[@realchris]

Hadn't heard of the Spanish radio station thing before, that's interesting. My generation we talk a lot of about the Fox News effect and this sounds like a precursor to that.

[@FoxysFriends]

@@ADadSupreme didn't North just become a lying pundit or continued ridiculously somehow in a public capacity?...

[@thegraymouser12]

You're not boring, Chris. You're a human who is sharing your experiences in a kind and compassionate way, and we need more of this in life.

[@daveroche6522]

The 'Trail of Tears' has also been largely airbrushed out of (American) history. I wonder why?

[@HEAVENTWA]

And who was behind it was airbrushed out. Andrew Jackson. The name of that bill sounds so mean. The Indian Removal Act of 1830.

[@seanpowell3755]

Tens of thousands of women and children died during that mass relocation and intentionally gave them blankets contaminated with measles and mumps,c.pox which they were never exposed to before,thank the colonialist for that

[@greymatters7039]

Yep. Orangeman’s fav prez Andrew Jackson’s claim to fame.

[@px7460]

@@HEAVENTWA Coming soon... Trump's "Andrew Jackson moment" The Immigrant Removal Act of 2025

[@tamsenmillerbaum]

I learned about the trail of tears as a kid, in school. Did they stop teaching about it, or was I fortunate enough to live in an area that was more liberal in public education?

[@terrystokes2948]

I respect Jimmy Carter as much as anyone! He was an amazing man. I followed him after he left office. He worked with disadvantaged people his entire life. He was the most caring individual I'd ever seen in politics. Into poor health, he still dedicated his life to helping people. Thats the biggest problem in our country today... focusing, praising and electing people with no character!

[@realamerican6101]

I was a teenager at the time and Reagan even gave the kidnappers weapons to release the hostages to. Show Reagan was actually helping the the enemy.

[@elaine1034]

You are only an enemy of the USA if you reject their control.

[@Adam-c4d4s]

Funny thing is, the hostage takers were students, who went into embassy looking for proof that the US was involved in the overthrow of the democratically elected president before the Shah was installed. They wanted a public apology, in return for releasing the hostages. The U.S. said no.

[@WedgeOfSpite]

Which was also illegal as well.

[@irtwiaos]

Once again Reagan proving himself to be the worst president ever.

[@billmcmillan7735]

I think he will soon be second worst!

[@mikemalone9678]

Depends on who you ask. For those outside the US, the misery brought to the World by Bush II (Afghanistan/Iraq), Johnson/Nixon (Vietnam), is of greater importance to the misery brought to the US - and from which it is still suffering - by Reagan, Bush I, Bush II, and Trump. Yiu should check out Operation Wetback too.

[@NightMystique13]

I think Trump beats him on that.

[@byronwilliams7977]

As a Canadian, I knew this as well. I live in the US now, and I found it astonishing how poorly Americans view Jimmy Carter. The rest of the world doesn't see him as a weak leader.

[@trickiification]

Chris, all good, no one is perfect. The important thing is you corrected it. Happy New Year to you and yours! ty so much!

[@RaidenSetsuna]

Mad respect for not just saying oops but correcting yourself. I love your perspective and hope you keep enjoying sharing your insight with us.

[@pooh19818119]

Your integrity is refreshing. Thank you !

[@richardcoughlin8931]

I appreciate your honesty, Chris, your and willingness to admit when you’re wrong.

[@butwhytharum]

admitting mistakes is a huge part of being a good person. but someone who is never wrong, was also never right either.

[@OhAwe]

Kudos for correcting yourself. It's great to get a new perspective on something we'd thought differently about. Doesn't help we're intentionally misled on a lot of things.

[@gr2269]

As a Canadian I knew about this decades ago, Americans just don't pay attention to anything.

[@wickedguppy3715]

I heard about it too over a decade ago, or at least I had heard about it as I did with the supposed deals with the Nixon presidency and the Viet Cong. It's in the back of my mind, but these acts are actually treason and since no one took action on it I am a bit skeptical that it actually happened.

[@akeleven]

It's because we don't like to review our history. We won't see what we want to see.

[@amberinthemist7912]

I respect you more after this video. Thank you for always learning, teacher. ❤

[@carlosgarza1962]

Chris you have a kind heart. Keep being who you are.

[@thomaspalagyi7241]

The best thing about being wrong is one gets the opportunity to demonstrate the best possible way they know of to respond

[@KristiBranstetter]

I helped advocate for passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. It was HUGE! It was the biggest piece of legislation since the Civil Rights Act. I was 16 when Reagan was elected in 1980. The downfall of the Republican Party began with Nixon and has snowballed since then.

[@wearec3301]

There was a social media conversation last night around current news and how certain podcasters and/or influencers never admit that they are wrong. I was delighted with your video here. Thank you Chris, keep that level approach. Respect U.

[@stephaniesanderson6190]

Really like this young man ! No political ax to grind...

[@zAlaska]

This is correct. Reagan did his Iran- Contra affair trading weapons of mass destruction with the CIA in Central America for cocaine which they sold in Los Angeles and Nationwide in order to buy weapons and parts for Iranian military that were sanctioned, embargoed. Colonel Oliver North ran the program guns for cocaine and became the president of the NRA when it changed its Mission from gun safety to guns in every hand including weapons of mass destruction, machine guns that cannot be banned because of the second amendment that never considered machine guns. A winning Republican strategy to keep the hostages hostage. This is where America really got addicted to drugs and then the Bush Administration Republicans received much money to keep safe opioids legal and flood political campaign donations while tying the fda's hands from stopping it. The Iran-Contra Affair where everybody was innocent and Colonel Oliver North was the fall guy, and then he became president of NRA leading to the flood of weapons on both sides of the border.

[@thetombaxter]

Not all slaves were Black. The original slaves in the Americas were natives. The Pilgrims not only stole the natives Winter stores they also enslaved them.

[@susang4507]

I never heard of this before. Thank you!🙌💖

[@NightMystique13]

The word slave comes from Slavic-eastern Europeans were enslaved by Vikings via the Silk Road.

[@thetombaxter]

@@NightMystique13 Thanks. I always thought the Silk Road ran East to China, not from the Baltic South.

[@jackprier7727]

The early Americans made the unique distinction that all Blacks were inferior and considered enslaveable.

[@donb347]

Hi professor, science is the quest for knowledge, and the correction of misconceptions. You a truly a servant of the truth keep it up.

[@ben8046]

Fellow Canadian. Recently found you. Thanks for clearing the air about Jimmy Carter.

[@sunsetflower5452]

That's so cool. How you're willing to apologise for being wrong. It's refreshing and brave.

[@Quagma-b2i]

There was an attempted rescue operation that failed due to the helicopters not being fitted with the dust screens necessary to operate on land. This was made worse by a dust storm that hit while the mission was underway. I remember it well (I am 62). The rescue mission was a disaster that led to the resignation of the secretary of defense. The Iran hostage situation was a big factor in the 1980 election and contributed to Carter's defeat.

[@realchris]

Appreciate you reminding us of this operation. It's not something we would regularly be taught in school.

[@Quagma-b2i]

​@@realchris Carter had the worst luck

[@realchris]

Whenever I asked older people about him, they'd always say the same thing, the oil crisis and not much he could do.

[@HEAVENTWA]

I remember them blaming Carter for that. The next day or so, a fellow fourteen-year-old in my class blamed it on Carter, which means he heard it from adults.

[@vorlich]

I always thought it strange how the US military apparently had no experience of desert warfare and sent unscreened helicopters to the desert. Yeah it was strange.

[@statwizard]

With all due respect, this is why history matters and is important to learn. IMHO.

[@bustercrimes5434]

Honesty is rare .

[@louniece1650]

@bistercrimes5434, Refreshing ain't it?🥰

[@tamsenmillerbaum]

You are awesome. Thanks for this. I love to see such integrity.

[@WJV9]

Nixon pulled a similar trick on LBJ and the N. Vietnamese during the Vietnam War peace negotiations. LBJ decided not to run for president so he could work on a peace deal with the N. Vietnamese. Nixon set up 'back door' negotiations with N. Vietnam to not agree to a deal with LBJ because it might give the Democrats a victory in the Nov. election. So LBJ didn't get his peace deal and then Nixon double crossed N. Vietnamese by stopping peace negotiations and then started bombing in Cambodia and Laos. It's no wonder people don't trust government when you look at all the lies and spin that have been done when USA was interfering in elections in Central and South America, Iran-Contra affair, etc.

[@HEAVENTWA]

Tom Hartmann says Nixon wouldn't have had to resign if Fox News was around back then.

[@aprilcalhoun8984]

You are right Chris, always prioritize learning. For a long time I have felt that the day you stop learning is the day you start dying.

[@burkestorti4586]

I remember going to vote for Carter (California) in 1980. It was about 5pm (PST). I walked home to hear that Reagan was declared the winner.

[@LADETROIT]

My mother's friend was the only black hostage. He visited once after the release. Wish I was a smart enough kid to ask him more questions

[@realchris]

Small world. It's hard to know what to ask or even if one should ask for that kind of stuff though.

[@LADETROIT]

@realchris very true. I asked my mother what did he say. She said he wasn't abused. They let the other black people go but kept him because he was a higher ranked government official.. I just remember feeling sorry for him every evening watching nightline . In fact The news show Nightline started with a countdown of 444 day ordeal.

[@realchris]

I've studied that period a little, and intend to learn more. But yes, it was nuts how they would do a countdown. I did see the movie Argo and thought it captured well the time.

[@spxram4793]

Thank you for taking credit and developing the discussion further. Great stuff!

[@daveroche6522]

Mark Twain - “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

[@CurtOntheRadio]

I'd dispute that travel is the only means 'fatal to prejudice'.

[@ChaviChoffChop]

​@@CurtOntheRadioBut the commenter wasn't writing that it's the only one. I personally agree that travel helps to fight prejudice and bigotry, as I've experienced it myself, but not all kinds of travel. And also, there are other ways to grow, but they require more internal meditative work and few people agree to do that without being literally punished by life. And even after that only very few decide to take a growth approach. Another way would be to mingle with growth-oriented people. And there are more.

[@CurtOntheRadio]

@@ChaviChoffChop He does suggest it's the only one. He's overstating his case, that's all. No biggie. ;)

[@randibgood]

​@@CurtOntheRadio You do realize that the OP is quoting Twain, right? It's not like they can change a quote to suit your taste.

[@preeyakumari-i2q]

@@CurtOntheRadio. Never said only

[@BibbityBibbs]

I used to think I was right about everything but I eventually realized that I’m usually wrong about everything 😂

[@daveroche6522]

I have a simple mantra - "If/when you Mess up, Fess up and Sort it!" - nice one Chris. Athbhliain shona díobh go léir, a chairde - as Baile Átha Cliath. Daithí.

[@lynnhoffmann247]

Thank you! I was one of those who pointed this out about Reagan somewhere in that video.

[@theresabowles6529]

The problem with history is it is written by the winners. The view is almost always skewed.

[@TulipIris7244]

I was a young kid when Carter was POTUS, and always knew Reagan had something to do with the hostages not being released.

[@LindaMorrison-m3q]

I like your channel Chris❤

[@TheQueenRulesAll]

Carter was bashed but did not deserve any of it. Not sure why the hostage issue is thought legit now. I always knew, open secret back in the day.

[@OKAYFORTYSEVEN]

Whenever I realize I'm wrong about something, I'll correct myself in real time. Not because of any kind of ethical principles or anything like that, but because I'd be too embarrassed to move forward the with the person who corrected me thinking that I'm incapable of understanding something that I truly did understand.

[@vivianramsay2527]

Bringing back real discourse between people with the purpose of finding a solution to a mutual problem , would be a gift to the world !! No screaming, yelling, namecalling or ego tantrums...that would truly be a blessing !😊

[@DOPES4MAGA]

Good on you for admitting you were incorrect.

[@ides-xn3wt]

I remember watching the news back when Carter was president that he went to three mile Island 😮 , during the incident, highly highly doubt any other president would do that 😮

[@abelincoln3261]

Reagan and others should have gone to prison over this... Yes Reagan did manipulate the release... to benefit in hope of using the event to get elected...

[@LaPana_10]

I enjoy listening to your perspectives. Thank you.

[@elram2649]

Long read, but a really good one: A little-known situation and some related facts of note... The only issue I'd hold against Carter (and even then, I'd let it slide because it didn't come to fruition) was that spat he had against Mexico... I don't exactly remember the particulars, but this was definitely an occasion where US foreign policy was dead wrong and abusive, and the Mexican president at the time decided to stand up to it regarding oil/petroleum issues, I think... 🤔 Apparently, Carter felt so offended that he was getting a plan ready to invade Mexico, but something important derailed it... Was that "something" the hostage or the energy crisis, I really don't remember. Anywho, Mexico stood up, and Carter backed away. Other than that, I can't say I'm against anything else Jimmy did. A historical observation: It stands out in my mind that after all the use and abuse by foreign powers against Mexico, from the last century up to the present, Mexico has been saved from US invasions at least three times that I'm aware of... 1) President Wilson had plans to invade Mexico due to Pancho Villa raiding a town in New Mexico as retaliation against Wilson for deciding out of the blue to only sell weapons to President Carranza thus directly choosing to betray Villa and the Revolutionaries that even the average American citizen at the time loved so very much. Q: What saved Mexico? A: The dire need for the US to finally join WWI. 2) During Roosevelt's presidency, President Cardenas decided to nationalize the oil beneath their national borders, something which the oil industry did not like at all given that their exploitation of Mexico's wealth had finally come to an end. And so Roosevelt had a plan to invade Mexico, sadly... Q: What saved Mexico? A: Pearl Harbor... the US had to join WWII... and the USA now needed their high-quality crude oil, plus their economic support in working the fields and economy, food, etc., while their soldiers were away to fight the war, and of course (given Mexico's cultural influence all the way south to Patagonia), to use Mexico as a secure and trustworthy safety cushion, and to secure Latin America's support for the war effort. And they did that through Hollywood crossover movies between both nations, which would then play throughout the rest of Latin America. This is where we got to know Carmen Miranda, Emilio "El Indio" Fernández, and so many other great actors. This is also where we got the "Brazeros" workers (Strong Arm Laborers, i.e., field workers and this, in turn, triggered the migration situation we still live with today... funny how that works, no?) 3) The third time was the Carter incident above. And now, Trump is talking about outright sending special forces with or without Mexico's permission (which, btw, Mexico would never allow) to fight the cartels (which, for all intents and purposes, would amount to an invasion). Sidenote: That second time (with Cardenas as president)... the people loved him very much for standing up to government corruption and those exploitative foreign oil companies. There was a populous national drive to repay the debt (and not get invaded again) that Mexico had incurred by nationalizing their, mind you, own natural oil resources. The citizenry donated their family's precious stones, gold, and silver jewelry in-mass in order to do so. In the meantime, Mexico had the workers but not the technical knowledge to operate that machinery - that knowledge was being purposely withheld by those foreign powers and the oil companies as a form of blackmail and to get back at Mexico's feistyness. (It's the classic, "How dare they stand up for themselves?! ☝️🧐" position of the Robber Barons) even as Mexico was paying the debt itself... sigh... 😞 Anywho, Cardenas, with the oil money, decided to build two national universities to cover all subjects, including technology to handle the petroleum machines and industry themselves. He also built tons of hospitals, rural clinics, and schools with that new wealth... For all that, Cardenas is remembered as their best president ever. And yes, ultimately, Mexico also had to join WWII when at least one of their merchant ships was sunk by the Germans (allegedly), although some say it was really the USA in order to get Mexico to leave their historic, national Neutral stance and fight just this once. From there, Mexico helped heroically retake and defend the Phillipines off Japanese hands with their famed 201st Airborne Squadron. Plus, they also valiantly fought in the European theater, which, by design, almost noone in the USA knows about because, let's be honest; this way, it's easier for the "American Spirit" and mythology to feel superior to them and not ever give them credit for anything. This is why we look down and "other" them. And, we keep paying for our sins. It's almost as if the Universe itself protected Mexico from further US invasions for the whole of the 20th Century just to keep our own excesses in check. And, don't even get me started on the Buccarelli Accords, which barely expires by the end of this year! 😡 That's 100 years of Mexico being held back by the USA within our modern times... very sad stuff. And, don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining. I'd simply like for people to know a more complete account of history, given that this directly affects foreign policy. I mean, it's Mexico for God's sake! They're not only our neighbors but are also our economic partner, our safety cushion, our buffer on our south, and, despite all we've ever done against them, they're still our friends. Let's treat them, not kindlier, but kindly for once.

[@ChiChisFav1011]

When I was young I lived in Texas. I had a good friend whose name was Yamilla. One morning I told her I didn’t want to go to my locker anymore because the other girls there were being mean to me. She asked me to point them out. They were a couple of Mexican girls like Yamilla. A day or two later Yamilla and I met in the morning and she said “ you don’t have to worry about those girls being mean anymore”. You get the point. When a Mexican is your friend, they got your back. Anyway. Thanks Yamilla. I’ll always consider you a friend, and never understand this issue with the Mexican people or the great culture.

[@ruthslone2992]

I might end up living there, if trump actually does all the stupid tariffs, deportations, and defunds our entire social safety net. I barely have enough to survive, and the idiot MAGAts voted for that greedy criminal to take away every good thing that our government provides for us all. I will NEVER forgive MAGA voters. Never.😡

[@lexmedved]

Jimmy was the LAST HONEST PRESIDENT...

[@biglnw503]

I love this all of the musk rats need to listen

[@davidkloak7911]

Thank you for being willing to reconsider your perspective, Chris. 🎉 Happy New Year! I appreciate your broad outlook.

[@mariembuenaventura1278]

"agree to disagree" is also a good word to get along easily.

[@shawnstangeland3011]

The hostage rescue mission was bungled by the special forces who removed the air particle separators from the engines on the H-53. Landing in the desert creates a massive brown out and dust cloud. Either the engines failed or the pilots lost visual reference.

[@Quagma-b2i]

Yes, exactly. As I recall, the flight crews weren't informed that the helicopters were going to operate over land, out of a desire to maintain secrecy. This caused catastrophic failure when the engines ingested dust.

[@HEAVENTWA]

This can be researched, but from what I remember, Iran released the hostages while Ronald Reagan was being sworn in, or after the ceremony was over, but within that same hour. I think it was the former. From what I remember, Middle Easterners were angry at Carter for trying to negotiate peace between them and Israel, which to state the obvious, meant that they should recognize Israel as having a right to exist.

[@jackprier7727]

Yeah that was the deal that reagan made-

[@diannglenn1935]

That Reagan deal back in the day with Carter sounds like the Trump deal with the border!!!!!!!

[@spadog63]

It was public knowledge at the time that Raygun had interfered with the hostage negotiations.

[@daveroche6522]

Americas 2 idols - the jocks and the dollars! Pathetic.

[@elviolette]

Carter also did EXACTLY what any President would have done. Tragically it didn't work. But Jimmy Carter sent in the Delta Force, one of the few times they failed in a mission.

[@azalia135]

Carter was a simple and a very honest human being, and being in Politics it was brutal for him and his presidency. I admire his courageous and selfless services to the people and to this beautiful country. And with a so darling and compatible wife besides him, we can see them both enjoy their life to the fullest. RIP Dear Mr & Mrs Carter ❤❤🎉🎉

[@01bigtrev]

The shady Nixon did the similar thing with the Vietnamese. Prolonging the war so Nixon could do a better deal to end the war which needed up costing thousands of lives.

[@davido566]

Reagan committed a Logan act violation

[@Meatball2022]

1:29 if Reagan knew about it, I’m sure he would conveniently forget about it - like he seemed to forget about all of the arms deals he made.

[@jackprier7727]

Well, he was pretty senile and dealt in simple-minded easy lies, so-

[@elviolette]

Shouldn't mention the oil crises either. There has been suggestions that Reagan conspired with OPEC to keep the prices high. June 1980 it was 150 a barrel. By the end of Reagan's first term it was as low as $40.

[@RobertHouse101]

Yes, presidents are blamed for the price of eggs. This is $hit that happens when Presidents have no control over events. Regardless, they always get blamed, especially from the opposite party. That's why I have not put my hat in the ring, Chris.😁

[@lilimelli6974]

Nobody said anything because there was criminal behavior all the way to the top (Reagan, CIA, etc).

[@wtfdoino605]

Something seems to be wrong with the Hatch Act. Crumbly Empire.

[@preeyakumari-i2q]

Not enforced

[@timothyjameshill5723]

Look how many people are fooled by trump

[@JeremyPickett]

9:58 ironically i absolutely agree with this :D The measure of a person is how they get back up. Cheers my brothas and sistas

[@heidimueller1039]

As a Canadian, most of us hated the movie, Argo, which totally downplayed the Canadian part in releasing the hostages. Jimmy Carter said as much in an interview about the film as well.

[@realchris]

Liked the Argo movie :) But yes, my understanding of it is that the Canadians are our allies, our friends, and are freaking awesome for helping with that!

[@jeffreymerriam7025]

Yes, this information was "discovered" years ago. I distinctly remember that they were released on January 20, 1981, the day Reagan was inaugurated. It was many years until we realized it was not a coincidence. Pretty dastardly if you think about it.

[@starflakey]

i'm american and i think we could benefit from a look at how the allies and adversaries viewed the war and it's end. i feel like we have been in a delusional state over our might and so called greatness. we aren't given the full story. i became a regular viewer for your even tone, calm demeanor and worldview, thanks!

[@jvllejan]

Living and learning every day. Then hopefully acceptance of what you've learned. You rock uphill. 😊

[@FluxNomad678]

I've wondered if Trump thought he could do this with Putin.

[@elaine1034]

Trump thinks of himself as a *savior* of the world but pride goes before a fall. Putin would *never* kowtow to him.

[@neuvocastezero1838]

You should check out the "Dark Alliance" articles by Gary Webb from the 1990s, there's also a film about him called "Kill the Messenger".

[@joemagarac405]

This was known at the time. Also, the military mission to rescue the hostages was suspect af as well. Look into Operation Eagle Claw and the role of Oliver North (!), Richard Secord, and Albert Hakim in it.

[@JoanL-ox8yw]

Thank you Chris. I appreciate this special edition.❤

[@peterbedford2610]

I remember that Reagan used the Iran hostage situation to his advantage in the election. But, the economy was not good and Reagan ran on strong deregulation and that Carter was a "weak" leader.

[@JELBOZO]

Thank you for correcting the facts. This was known for decades and is consistent with continued republican practise. Regarding mUsk outrageous statements and positions, remembering his aparteid richnorigine, he ‘forgot’ that the slavery and the fate of native americans is not on his radar. If you wish to explore true democracies, freedom of speech and systems that work, visit Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany.

[@markhathaway9456]

Carter was hammered endlessly by Ted Koppel who got a new late night t.v. show just to remind people (every night) that the hostages were still being held. This had never happened before, and Koppel never showed remorse for his awful behavior.

[@realchris]

What do you think Koppel's motives were at the time? Was it purely a rating thing? Or something else?

[@jackprier7727]

@@realchris It was a "Hey look at me here in the middle of the night" thing. Yeah ratings -He was a precursor to Fox, stridently and confidently telling oversimplified half-truths.

[@GeoScorpion]

I remember NPR breaking the story in something like @12 hour-long segments called "The October Surprise" and listening to it with my then-future-father-in-law on cassette tapes across several long car trips. The whole series is probably kicking around somewhere on KZbin.

[@joy-c8v6r]

Thank you! Carter didn't bungle that. We just didn't realize how bad the sand would be on our aircraft. A stupid mistake; but you live you learn.

[@preeyakumari-i2q]

Someone in the Military new

[@joy-c8v6r]

@@preeyakumari-i2q You would think!

[@jamesrobinson7381]

When this came to light to me this year, it really tarnished the image of Reagan in my eyes. He was highly regarded by the Christian right with his shining city on the hill speeches. Yet he was eventually hit with the Iran Contra scandal.

[@PonziZombieKiller]

Now the Fed will have to prop up and save Shit Coins too... omg

[@Mantaracer]

No matter your age everyday is a school day! 😃

[@garyclifford5368]

Yes! I was yelling at the TV too. When you said Carter botched the hostage situation. But!!! You still didn't mention the thing that made it all clear to us back then. The week Ronald Reagan was in inaugurated the hostages were all magically released. It was like oooohhh okay. It was just obvious.

[@garyclifford5368]

Sorry Chris, I am not mad at you. You were still young back then. And our confirmation on this is still fresh. And Uncle Jimmy just passed away. I live in Georgia now. That's what they called him here. My wife grew up in Georgia. That's what she called him.

[@realchris]

You can see my book www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFHFJP25 I would have been around 6 during the inauguration

[@AngryMan540]

This is the same shit that the Nixon campaign did for Vietnam

[@karlInSanDiego]

Wow, 2 or 3 years can make a difference between you and I Chris, as I have long understood Carter as the best President of our lifetimes. They're all flawed because our country is flawed and its leaders often reflect the worst of us funneled through a single leader. Maybe your schooling/background had you mixing with too many money centric folks who have always painted Carter as a feckless chump? My dad was very compassionate man, but his world view was very much shaped by his finance degree, trading stocks, reading WSJ & Barrons, watching Wall Street Week and later CNBC for hours of the day during his retirement. That kept him with one foot firmly in the "Conservative" camp his whole life, which really sucked because my mom was a Nurse and a teacher her whole life, essentially progressive, at least as far as her silent-generation, raised in a white supremecist society allowed for. Reagan's propaganda machine trashed Carter's presidency, and the financial world all pinned the country's economic woes squarely on him, sort of like people blamed COVID related inflation on Biden. BTW, Carter's strongest BAD impact was when he declared his so-called Carter Doctrine that we "would" go to war to "Protect our Interests" (oil) in the Persian Gulf (Middle East.) That was the beginning of a very long legacy of the USA warring in the Middle East over something that was never ours to war over. Of course if everyone had learned from Carter's seemingly radical philosophy of conserving power (he told us to wear a sweater and turn down the thermostat), we would have been much better off than the swing we got when Neoliberal Reagan reinforced waste and ethnocentrism. We also had some bad deregulation under Carter, and as people with a conscience have seen, deregulation always leads to more inequity in this country. I believe we'll soon need to nationalize the railroads to provide low emissions mobility in a WW2 type effort that most don't yet see as a problem. Tesla's are completely unsustainable, as are all cars. But on balance, despite being born in a more racist south in a more racist time, Carter mostly made good calls during his presidency, and as we learned from many years following his 4 years in office, he wasn't afraid to lead by example how compassionate people serve others.