the hope, as brezinski put it, was that they could create another soviet vietnam and get them boggede in a quagmire that would hurt the soviet union. that is exactly what happened. they had a long, unsuccessful soviet vietnam in afghanistan. historians say that contributed to the demise of the soviet union. at the time, it just looks like carter caught blind sided. arguably, he overreacted. boycotting the 1980 olympics in retrospect what was very popular at the time 97-3 in the senate, but it turned out to be unpopular, not very effective, and the embargo he imposed was even worse because the soviets just bought from other nations. mondale had recommended against that. mondale was right. carter was wrong. people to this day will tell you they are still mad against carter for the grain embargo. host: our next caller is a republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. respectfully, i have respect for jimmy carter for many of his efforts, especially in the domestic area, and his brilliance as a nuclear engineer. he had his hands in a lot of pots. unfortunately, it all pales with this