Jimmy Carter Mouths Off

Former President Jimmy Carter, quite possibly the worst president in American history, has a new candidate for Carter's crown: President George W. Bush. Carter stated that Bush is the worst president in history (read the article here), and here's why:

1. "We now have endorsed the concept of pre-emptive war where we go to war with another nation militarily, even though our own security is not directly threatened, if we want to change the regime there or if we fear that some time in the future our security might be endangered," he said. "But that's been a radical departure from all previous administration policies."

My Response: We are in a new kind of war and old models are obsolete. War methods and tactics must move with changing circumstances. Our enemy consists of religious fanatics who believe that God wants them to kill as many of us as possible, and that those Muslims who die in the attempt go straight to paradise. This enemy does not have standing armies and navies and engage in old-style campaigns; they have no discernible nation or government with which to negotiate; they are not going to issue formal declarations of war. They fight a guerilla war and target civilians. As 9/11 proved, we cannot wait until they attack us before we end the threat. We cannot afford to wait until a suitcase nuke obliterates Cleveland or a dirty bomb kills thousands in the New York subway.

As for pre-emptive war, it has long been established as a legitimate tactic to prevent aggression. The Brits and Canadians used it in the 19th century against a US merchant ship, the Caroline, who was about to ferry Canadian rebels and supplies to Canada to overthrow the Canadian government. The Canadian military attacked the ship, set it aflame and sent it over Niagara Falls. The American government protested but, upon hearing the facts of the situation, agreed that the attack was justified.

The Israelis bombed Iraq's nuclear power plant in the early 1980s (or therabouts) to prevent Iraq from developing nuclear weapons against Israel. They had a right, just as they now have a right to do the same to Iran, a country who has been attacking them through proxies and supplying arms and training to Hamas and other terrorists. Also, Iran has been openly promised that it will wipe Israel off the map. The danger to Israel is imminent, and an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities should begin at once.

2. Carter, who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, criticized Bush for having "zero peace talks" in Israel. Carter also said the administration "abandoned or directly refuted" every negotiated nuclear arms agreement, as well as environmental efforts by other presidents.

Response: All of Carter's efforts, as that of Bill Clinton, to arrange a peace in Israel with the Palestinians were a complete failure. The reason is simple and obvious: Muslims do not want to peacefully coexist with Israel and no accommodation will ever appease them. All pretended talks to that effect were calculated so that the West would continue to pump in billions of dollars in aid to the so-called Palestinians. Muslims hate Jews with a white-hot passion, because their Prophet Muhammad hated Jews and murdered many, even commanding his followers to kill Jews wherever they are found. On his death bed, Muhammad commanded his followers not to allow any religion but Islam in Arabia. Most Muslims think that means Israel cannot be allowed to exist. There is no point at "negotiating" any further with people who will not negotiate in good faith.

As for Bush refuting "negotiated nuclear arms agreements," we have to assume he is referring to missile treaties with the Soviet Union that are no longer needed and are obsolete. The US is now building anti-missile defenses to protect Europe, Israel and the United States from attacks by extremist governments in North Korea and Iran. Thank God for that.

As for Bush refuting "negotiated agreemens on the environment," we have to assume he is talking about the so called Kyoto protocol, which our own Senate (under Bill Clinton's administration) voted unanimously to reject. The Kyoto protocol would have proven ruinous to our economy and would not have had any effect on the environment whatsoever. The protocol was merely a socialist scheme to reduce production, investment and jobs in the West by transferring them to India, China and Mexico. Only a complete fool would have signed that ruinously stupid agreement.

Jimmy Carter's latest jaw-flapping only serves to reinforce his role as America's worst president. Yes, Carter retains that crown after all these years. He will always be remembered as our double-digit inflation, moribund economy president who did little to nothing when Iran invaded our embassy and took our ambassador and staff hostage for over 400 days. Carter is a bad memory that most of us would just as soon forget.