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Carter does deserve some recognition for his role in the Camp David Accords - although it was Begin and Sadat who rightly deserve most of the credit.

But most people have forgotten it was actually Walter Cronkite who got Begin and Sadat together in the first place. He's probably disgruntled about that.

Since Camp David, it's been mostly downhill for Carter - especially in last decade.

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Carter does deserve some recognition for his role in the Camp David Accords - although it was Begin and Sadat who rightly deserve most of the credit.

But most people have forgotten it was actually Walter Cronkite who got Begin and Sadat together in the first place. He's probably disgruntled about that.

Actually there's a historical rumor that it was Begin's initiative. Mossad had the goods on a Libyan sponsored plot to assasinate Sadat. Normal procedure was to have Mossad turn over the info to the CIA, who would pass it to the Egyptians. Begin instead had the head of Mossad meet with the head of the Egyptian Muhkbarat in Morrocco, who handed over the package. The plot was rolled up, Sadat knew that Begin was willing to talk, the US was the obvious choice as moderator, and the rest was history.

-Eric

[Huck]

Your comments sound about right. Anwar Sadat deserves a LOT of credit. Too bad islamofascism won the day over there. In Ronald Reagan's autobiography, he gives Carter a lot of credit for the Camp David accords.