Jimmy Carter: 'I could have wiped Iran off the map'

Jimmy Carter: &#039;I could have wiped Iran off the map&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

Former President Jimmy Carter says he could have won re-election to a second term had he acted more "manly" in dealing with Tehran during the Iran Hostage Crisis.

"I could have wiped Iran off the map with the weapons that we had, but in the process a lot of innocent people would have been killed, probably including the hostages," he says in an interview with CNBC.

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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.

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