Jimmy Carter, the US President for peace

[greatcalgarian]

I think this is the only good person left in US nowadays

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6675557.stm

Mr Carter's original comments on President Bush came in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.

"The overt reversal of America's basic values as expressed by previous administrations, including (those of) George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the most disturbing to me," Mr Carter said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5346976.stm

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter has said he is "disappointed" by the apparently subservient attitude of the British government towards the White House.
Mr Carter said Tony Blair was a good man, but could have used his influence with President Bush more wisely.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6672035.stm

Former US President Jimmy Carter has criticised outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his "blind" support of the war in Iraq.
Mr Carter told the BBC Mr Blair's backing for US President George W Bush had been "apparently subservient".

He said the UK's "almost undeviating" support for "the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq had been a major tragedy for the world".

His comments came as Mr Blair paid what is likely to be his last visit to Iraq.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

We too find it very hard to understand.

Blair's education and intelligence Dwarfs that of bush, but for some reason unknown to us he goes along with the same policy.

History may reveal the answer ... but under British law, not for at least another 50 years.

 

[alwayswondering]

History may reveal the answer ... but under British law, not for at least another 50 years.

Why's that?

 

[CMike]

Carter was a horrible president and an even more horrible ex president.

 

[Yerda]

Carter was a horrible president and an even more horrible ex president.

On what grounds?

 

[Monk Of Reason]

On what grounds?

Just a guess but I would assume it is his party affiliation.

 

[LuisDantas]

Just a guess but I would assume it is his party affiliation.

As I remember the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a lot of resentment for the hostage crisis and a perceived weakness of Carter in dealing with it.

I think that is all BS and I wish Americans were not so weak at the time as to vote for Reagan (twice, in fact), but that is how the dice rolled.

 

[Monk Of Reason]

As I remember the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a lot of resentment for the hostage crisis and a perceived weakness of Carter in dealing with it.

I think that is all BS and I wish Americans were not so weak at the time as to vote for Reagan (twice, in fact), but that is how the dice rolled.

Also the economy was tanking under him. But it was in reality not his fault just as in reality it wasn't Bush's fault that economy tanked in 08. It was a collective responsibility that was failed to be met. The argument can be made that Regan was the root cause of the 08 collapse and there is a large degree of merit in that statement. Regan however is directly responsible for the massive wage gap that we have seen in recent decades.