It’s statements like this that solidify Carter’s place as the worst president in the history of this nation:
“I hope and pray that Iran will be induced to permit international inspectors to come in and observe their entire nuclear program, because what they’re doing so far is completely illegal under the nonproliferation treaty,” the former president said in an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley.
“They have a right to purify uranium and plutonium to use for nuclear power. If Iran is on the borderline, the constant threats that we or the Israelis are going to attack Iran is the best thing to force them to say, ‘Let’s defend ourselves.’ I don’t think Iran has made up their mind what to do, and I think the best thing we can do is engage them and stop making these idle threats.”
Yes, I’m sure they have no idea what they are going to do to Israel. No, they really only want that new facility they’ve been hiding for domestic purposes. And they’re hiding the facility because…? And they’re testing missiles because…(check out this and this and this)? For protection? You’d have to be totally ignorant of the words of Ahmadinejad over the years or hopelessly naive to buy that.
posted October 1, 2009 at 12:41 pm
i’m sure you already know this, because you’ve been told many times before, and because you’re so “in tune” with politics and such an authority of foreign policy (you clearly know more than obama and all those former presidents, right?), but ahmadinejad is little more than a puppet and has no authority except that which is granted to him by the supreme leader -the conservative religious establishment.
and if you’re any good with recent history, you will realize that it was bush’s threats against iran that helped propel the crazy conservative parliment and president into power in iran. prior to that, there was a moderate political rule and a growing opposition to conservative hardliners.
carter has a point that is backed by historical fact.
“And they’re testing missiles because…? For protection?”
question, michele – why do we, the u.k., israel, russia, and others test missiles and continue to build nuclear bombs?
i hope that you’re not truly as ignorant or hopelessly naive about the political structure and general support of western ideals by average iranians as you appear from your written opinions on this blog.
posted October 1, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Iran’s president is evidently one of the demon-possessed leaders of the East who start the Battle of Ar Mageddon. He doesn’t pay any attention to sanctions, because he’s determined to wipe out Israel.
posted October 1, 2009 at 8:03 pm
The Iranian know that Israel already possesses a sizable and deliverable arsenal of nuclear weapons. If they fire off an atomic bomb, the Israelis will respond with several hydrogen bombs. If Israel is attacked using a smuggled weapon, they will know from whom it came and still retaliate in devastating fashion.
An Iranian nuclear attack would also amount to genocide against the Palestianians who live right next door and will be not able to escape. Nor will millions of others in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt.
The simple truth is that even in Iran, someone like Ahmadinijad cannot simply push a button and everyone will just agree to launch what would surely be a suicidal attack that would bring an end to the Iranian state and do nothing the benefit the Palestinians who they claim to want to liberate.
As for Ahmadinijad being a “demon-possessed ruler” foretold in Revelation…well that’s also been Stalin, Kruschev, Gorbachev, Mao, Saddam, so on and so forth.
As for the missile tests…as had been pointed out. WE test our missile, too. And there have been plenty of “bombing fixes everything” neocon pundits who have been urging we attack Iran. If someone was urgng that the same be done to us…would it be an unwarranted and aggressive move on our part to test our weapons?
Prior to World War I, all the major power built up their armies and developed their arsenals while all claiming they just wanted to insure peace. The resulting paranoia made a conflagration inevitable.
posted October 2, 2009 at 11:17 pm
It looks like you are advocating an attack on a country that has done nothing wrong. They have every reason to believe we mean them harm and every reason to state that they will not be bullied.
I find this really discouraging and I resent very much feeling compelled to defend Carter. But even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
After Iraq implodes and we are “forced” to re-surge it, and then we invade Iran and destabilize Pakistan, are you aware of the sheer size of the geographical area that we will be trying to control?
And we are in an economic collapse that should make us close all our hundreds of bases overseas. Yet we talk as if we have the option of spanking nations that have no conceivable threat to our national interest. That time is long over.
posted October 3, 2009 at 4:05 am
Anyone who can call Carter the worst president in this country’s history with a straight face is either a blatant partisan hack or has absolutely ZERO concept of history. Or both.
James Buchanan, John Tyler, Herbert Hoover, and Warren G. Harding were far, far worse for this country than Carter ever was. It’s not even a contest.
posted October 4, 2009 at 4:12 pm
WAKE UP- THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST WORST PRESIDENTS IN HISTORY TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA- AND THIS MAN IS A BLATANT ANT-SEMITE W3HO PROFESSES TO BE A CHRISTIAN A BORN AGAIN ONE – HE IS ANTI- ISREAL AND ANTI JEWISH As a5re many who call themselves christians are – they dont know real christians and i have met a few that are , carter is not one of them. THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IS RUN BY A BUNCH OF MEAN DEMON POSSESD FOOLS WHO ARE IN POWER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOLY HEBREW SCRIPTURES CONCERNING THE ARMEGEDDON IN THE PHROPECY OF EZEEKIAL CH 38- READ IT – AND FIND OUT WHAT IS COMING — VERY SOON– SHALOM- SOLOMON BEN YEHUDA
posted October 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm
FORGIVE MY MISPELLED WORDS – I MEANT ISRAEL, AND EZEKIEL – I AM FROM ISRAEL- FROM THE TRIBE OF YEHUDA, I KNOW WHAT I SEE AND KNOW THAT THE HATE OF THE ANTI- SEMITES MANY TIMES DREES IN SHEEPS CLOTHING
posted October 5, 2009 at 3:47 am
i haven’t heard him call israel “an axis of evil” so until then…
posted November 4, 2009 at 7:24 pm
hi every body ,i really wonder that why u act like this for iran ,iran is not the same as other countries to be cruel ,terorist ,but iran just wants to be friend with other countries and live in peaceful world with together,i can say nothing but shame on u all,dont be such a cruel one