Jimmy Carter has long held the reputation in popular culture as America’s most left-leaning and weakest president.

Carter was always skeptical of military force. In his first major foreign policy speech after declaring his candidacy for president, he declared his intent to withdraw American forces from Korea. Few paid attention since he was such a long-shot candidate, but after he became its nominee, the Democratic National Convention adopted a platform calling for a gradual withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from South Korea.