Jimmy Carter's presidency faced far more failures than it did successes. He did not end the energy crisis, but he made strides that helped and to prevent another one from happening. Carter implemented the Department of Energy, which helped, but did not end the crisis, which is what America needed. Carters main success during his presidency was through the Camp David Accords. He successfully brokered the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arabian country around it. Though it did not end the war in the Middle East it was a historic achievement and a great step towards peace. If Carter had not initiated and mediated the talks between the two countries it is likely that the state of war would have continued and many more would have died. Carter was successful in his endeavors in Egypt and Israel "The results of the Camp David talks were substantial and historic" ("Carter's Greatest Legacy"). This was Carter's greatest accomplishment and it was not a great success because the talks did not end most of the violence in the Middle East. Carter faced a great failure with the hostage situation in Iran. It was his decision to help the Iranian leader which sparked the revolutionaries aggression. Carter also sanctioned a rescue mission which caused the death of eight Americans. Carter handled the hostage situation terribly, which is a contributing factor to the United States's rocky relationship with Iran that exists today. Carter could not get the hostages back, they were eventually released after Reagan took office. Carter also failed when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. After the USSR took over Afghanistan Carter withdrew from the 1980 Olympics, to get them to withdraw from Afghanistan. This tactic did not work, the USSR stayed in Afghanistan and thousands of athletes were not able to perform for what they were training for their entire life. The USSR eventually withdrew after Carter's presidency in 1988, when Reagan was president. Carter's presidency was an overall failure because his successes were limited and his failures far outweighed them, his blunders are still effecting the United States today.