A little history
Thanks very much, cutworm!
Thats an interesting take that suggests that Carter was the first one to come up with this.
He was just passing along the principles of the Doctrines of previous presidents and it was Reagan's version that led to Operation Desert Storm!
Here are the actual facts below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Doctrine
The Persian Gulf was still regarded as an area of vital importance to the U.S. during the Cold War. Three Cold War American presidential doctrines (the Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon Doctrines) played roles in forming the Carter Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine, which stated that the U.S. would send military aid to countries threatened by Soviet aggression, was used to strengthen both Iran and Saudi Arabia's security. In October 1950, President Harry S. Truman wrote to Ibn Saud that "the United States is interested in the preservation of the independence and territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia. No threat to your Kingdom could occur which would not be a matter of immediate concern to the United States."[8]
The Eisenhower Doctrine called for U.S. troops to be sent to the Middle East to defend American allies against their Soviet-backed adversaries. Ultimately, the Nixon Doctrine's application provided military aid to Iran and Saudi Arabia so that U.S. allies could ensure peace and stability there. In 1979, the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan prompted the restatement of U.S. interests in the region in the form of the Carter Doctrine.[9] The Yemenite War of 1979, with Soviet support to South Yemen, may also have been a "smaller shock" contributing to the crisis of that year, and Carter's foreign policy shift.[10] National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski advised Carter that the United States's "greatest vulnerability" lay on an arc "stretching from Chittagong through Islamabad to Aden." Henry Kissinger gave Carter similar advice.[11]
In July 1979, responding to a national energy crisis that resulted from the Iranian revolution, Carter delivered his "Crisis of Confidence" speech, urging Americans to reduce their energy use to help lessen U.S. dependence on foreign oil supplies.[12] In 2008, some scholars claimed that Carter's energy plan, had it been fully enacted, would have prevented some of the economic difficulties caused by American dependency on foreign oil.[13]
Carter's successor, Ronald Reagan, extended the policy in October 1981 with what is sometimes called the "Reagan Corollary to the Carter Doctrine,"[citation needed] which proclaimed that the United States would intervene to protect Saudi Arabia, whose security was believed to be threatened during the Iran–Iraq War. Thus, while the Carter Doctrine warned away outside forces from the region, the Reagan Corollary pledged to secure internal stability. According to diplomat Howard Teicher, "with the enunciation of the Reagan Corollary, the policy groundwork was laid for Operation Desert Storm."[23]
The history guy seems to be manufacturing HIS version of history.
He talks about the grain embargo killing prices and hurting farmers which is a manufactured embellishment of facts from republicans that I cleared up previously here:
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Greatest FORMER President in history
By metmike - May 18, 2023, 2:30 a.m.
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https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/93232/#95264
Greatest FORMER President in history
By metmike - May 18, 2023, 3:52 a.m.
cutworm,
I'm so glad that you posted this link. It shows how much of what is on the internet from experts is biased, embellished, twisted/distorted and even false.
I'll let objective readers decide for themselves about what they want to believe but the bottom line is that when people read or watch things that line up with what they want to believe..........they GIVE IT A FREE PASS and assume it's the undisputed truth. This is especially the case when the source appears to know MORE THAN THEM.
If it contradicts what they/we want to believe, they/we often discard it or, only then will they fact check it.
In essence this reinforces preconceived notions because of our personal cognitive bias of how we process NEW information.
I am not immune from doing the exact same thing but fortunately, I've been blessed with 2 elements in my life that are unique.
1. As a scientist, I sincerely try to apply the scientific method to EVERYTHING. Not just science but also politics. This means not having confidence in my belief or opinion until I assume that I'm wrong and take on the OPPOSITE position to see if that one is the right one. When cutworm send this video, some facts sounded very biased to me because I understand plenty of history from that time frame but I assumed that IT WAS RIGHT and went with that to Wikepedia for an objective explanation. Wikipedia indicated that assuming this source was right was WRONG, thus using the scientific method was able to confirm my initial hypothesis/theory of the believe the OPPOSITE of him being right was correct. The most important job of an operational meteorologist every day is to look for reasons for why they/we were WRONG yesterday so they/we can adjust to being RIGHT today about the weather forecast philosophy.
2. Only because I'm moderator do I fact check EVERYTHING that I post or comment on here because there are people reading it. Even after I post stuff, I will sometimes continue to scrutinize my own stuff and sometime CHANGE IT to correct it. If not for that, I would frequently just go with my initial bias and believe stuff on face value. This has happened many hundreds of times here and nobody would know because there isn't a person reporting on how I decide to post stuff here.
3. Here's an example just a few days ago.
Re: Re: Re: Re: ICE murders US citizen in Minneapolis
By metmike - Jan. 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
"I adjusted/edited my assessments in the above 2 posts in several places because the first one was a knee jerk reaction after running a chess tournament for 7+ hours and not having time to completely research the facts before making the initial comments.
I mistakenly thought at first that this was supposed to be body cam footage instead of him recording it by holding up his cell phone.
Added 1-11-26:"
4. I am still wrong about things but have learned from forecasting weather for a living, (where coming in every day the objective is to find things WRONG about your previous forecast and fix/adjust them ASAP), that the sooner we recognize what was wrong yesterday, the sooner we can adjust to being right today.
5. Cognitive bias and subconscious thinking are constantly telling us to only believe in things that we already believe in, the complete opposite of how WE LEARN NEW THINGS. So we have to train ourselves to over ride that! Stop using echo chambers of people that are just bouncing belief systems we want to believe in off each other as our ONLY sources.
More comprehensive discussion here:
Post of the week December 23, 2023
Started by metmike - Dec. 23, 2023, 2:37 p.m.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/101461/
6. Everybody reading this probably thinks this does not apply to them