Jimmy Carter, worst President ever, Part 43890314809
Bookworm on May 02 2008 at 7:39 am | Filed under: Jimmy Carter
J.R. Dunn ruminates about ex-Democratic leaders, who seem driven by some bizarre Narcissistic compulsion to cling to the spotlight long after their political moment has passed. Aside from being an enjoyable read, it has a great summary of the horrible effect of President Carter’s moral equivalence, a character failing that has seen him gravitate time and time again to totalitarian dictatorships with horrible consequences, not only for the unfortunates in the dictator’s country, but for the world at large:
Carter was indirectly responsible for putting the mullahs in power in Iran (kicking off the violent confrontation between Jihadism and the West in the process). He was directly responsible for handing Nicaragua to the Sandinistas (Carter refused to sign off on a plan to replace the dictator Somoza with a government of moderates) and Zimbabwe to Robert Mugabe. (Abel Muzorewa, the centrist opposition figure first elected president, was pushed aside with Carter’s acquiescence and a new election arranged that Mugabe was guaranteed to win.)
Carter’s weakness for goons has had horrendous historical consequences. Khomeini’s takeover of Iran led to a major war in which millions died, the birth of two terror organizations dedicated to the annihilation of Israel, the deaths of thousands of others across the world — including hundreds of Americans — and the encouragement of the Jihadi terror movement. The Sandinista takeover resulted in chaos across Central America for over a decade and the slaughter of thousands of Nicaraguans, including a large number of Miskito Indians in a process indistinguishable from genocide. Zimbabwe, once one of the richest states in Africa, is today an economic basket case suffering chronic famine and one the lowest life expectancies in the world. The end game is being played out now, with a distinct possibility of a climax to rival in horror and blood those of Rwanda and Cambodia.
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Jimmy Carter, worst President ever, Part 43890314809
I humbly beg to disagree. The actual number is not 43890314809, but 135297519753. My extensive researches have proved this.
I voted for the clown in 1976, for which I hang my head in shame. At least I didn’t repeat the mistake. (Not a Reagan Democrat then: I went third party.)
Good Morning Mrs. Bookworm,
I’ve always enjoyed J.R. Dunn’s articles. I find him very well-informed and he has a knack for a good turn of phrase.
As to Jimmy Carter, I find it puzzling why such a man who created many of the dysfunctions of the late twentieth century should still be prominent among the world’s leaders. I don’t understand why he should be listened to at all.
His administration was a disaster, and if it weren’t for Reagan and his convincing the Saudis to increase production to simultaneously prop up our economy (which was in stagflation at the time) and break the Soviets economically, the situation might have been reversed. Maybe if we didn’t get the Reagan reprieve, the Soviets would have won or the world would have had a premature global cooling from the fall out.
The fact that he’s a former President of these United States gives him a kind of authority, a kind of veneration for holding that high office. But make no mistake. It is from the office of the Presidency that he derives or leeches his respectability. It certainly isn’t from his actions during and after his administration.
Although it mystifies me why thoughtful people would give credence to Carter; I don’t think the motives of Carter, and Clinton, are mysterious at all. Having faced the hard reality that their Presidencies were failures, they are desperately trying to rehabilitate their legacies.
At one point, when Carter was concentrating on Habitat for Humanity and other good works, I commented that he was a lousy President, but a very good ex-President. Well, he has proven me wrong–with a vengance.
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