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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.


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

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


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

The mission itself was a failure.


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





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