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BTW, I think most historians would say the Camp David Accords worked out quite well, given what the were drafted to accomplish - a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt and a process for creating an autonomous Palestinian authority in the West Bank and Gaza. Its unfortunate that subesquent presidents have not been able to build on it.
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The Peace Agreement between Israel and Egypt can not be held in responsibility for Carter. Egypt was completely decimated militarily. Israel controlled the Sinai, which held almost all of Egypt's oil and thus their income. Egypt hardly had anything that could be considered and Army or Air Force. Israel for their part had no ally in the region.
To claim that it was Carter's superior negotiation skills that caused the Peace Treaty is bunk.
And for the Israel/PLO treaty? Yeah we all know how well that has worked.