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I liked Jimmy Carter in retrospect, but he was no saint.

> Many in the United States were outraged by what they perceived to be an overly harsh sentence for Calley. Georgia's Governor, Jimmy Carter, future President of the United States, instituted American Fighting Man's Day, and asked Georgians to drive for a week with their lights on.

William Calley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley

My Lai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre

NYT piece from 1976 with quotes from Carter https://archive.is/yx1qs



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