Why would anyone listen to former President Jimmy Carter, that foreign policy genius, on matters of world affairs?
He was an utterly impotent American president. Besides being completely incapable of managing domestic issues, Carter was a miserable failure on the international scene.
Under his watch, Islamic extremism take root and flourished in the Middle East. Americans spent 444 days in captivity because he was utterly impotent when it came to handling the Iranian hostage crisis.
Carter was truly a disaster.
I've said before that Carter holds the dubious honor of being one of the country's worst presidents ever. More than that, Carter is even worse as a former president.
He's an absolute disgrace. He should be hiding away in shame rather than spending his later years acting as if he deserves to be considered the respected, elder statesman.
Carter doesn't deserve any respect for the way that he's handled himself during the Bush administration.
He deserves almost no respect for what he did to the country when he was president. His time in the White House stands as one of American history's greatest presidential train wrecks.
Nevertheless, Carter thinks he is brilliant and all-knowing and a gift to humanity.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Where does this guy, Mr. 444 days of weakness, get off talking about Iran being harmless to Israel?
ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that it was almost inconceivable that Iran would "commit suicide" by launching missiles at Israel.
Speaking at Emory University, Carter, who brokered the 1979 Camp David peace accord between Israel and Egypt, said Israel's superior military power and distance from Iran likely are enough to discourage an actual attack.
"Iran is quite distant from Israel," said Carter, 83. "I think it would be almost inconceivable that Iran would commit suicide by launching one or two missiles of any kind against the nation of Israel."
Iran's deputy air force commander said Wednesday that Israel is within range of Iran's medium-range missiles and bombers and that Tehran would strike back if Israel "makes a silly mistake."
The White House said the comments almost sound geared toward provoking a fight and Israeli officials said they take the threats seriously.
Carter did not dismiss the idea that Iran might want to attack Israel, noting Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment production despite two United Nations resolutions imposing sanctions on the country. Tehran insists its nuclear program is aimed at producing energy for civilian use but the U.S., its European allies and many others fear the program's real aim is to produce nuclear weapons.
...Carter said unease between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank is a far greater threat to Israel's security than Iran. He criticized the Bush administration for not doing enough to broker peace in the region.
It really should come as no surprise that Carter would say that Iran would not attack Israel.
Carter is so anti-Israel that he even goes to bat for Iran! IRAN!
Carter's most recent comments are stunning.
He is disregarding years of threatening statements out of Tehran against Israel.
Perhaps an attack seems "inconceivable" to Carter because he is among the most vocal proponents of the "blame Israel first" crowd.
His pro-Palestinian bias is so intense that he doesn't hesitate to be an apologist for nutjob Ahmadinejad by defusing his vows to destroy Israel.
It's incredibly irresponsible, but it's exactly what I've come to expect from Carter, worst ex-president ever.
1 comment:
Jimmy Carter was one of the worst presidents in fact we had very few good one if any. The aftermath of his blunder and goof up about Iran is the Islamic regime in Iran and all the problem that we encounter becuase his F...ups
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