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		dredmorbius on March 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obama sharply criticizes China's plans for new tec... He's the only U.S. President in a long time to have no US troops deployed in combat, as I recall. Definitely since WWII, possibly WWI or earlier.

arethuza on March 3, 2015 [–]

Well, there was Operation Eagle Claw to try and rescue the US hostages in Iran:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw

dredmorbius on March 3, 2015 | | [–]

Not deployed in combat (or at least didn't reach the stage of combat).

The mission itself was a failure.

happyscrappy on March 3, 2015 | | [–]

Carter is the canonical example of why you cannot appear soft on foreign policy.

arethuza on March 3, 2015 | | [–]

Also the Missile Gap:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_gap

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