Jimmy Carter: “Supine” Europeans should break with U.S. on Gaza blockade
posted at 2:00 pm on May 26, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A new entry in the fine Democratic tradition of undermining U.S. policies overseas, which makes the left’s outrage over Bush’s appeasement remarks before the Knesset that much more absurd. Carter, of course, has carved out a special niche in this regard, but that’s only because his Nobel-ized moral authority is a tad more absolute than the rest.
Britain and other European governments should break from the US over the international embargo on Gaza, former US president Jimmy Carter told the Guardian yesterday. Carter, visiting the Welsh border town of Hay for the Guardian literary festival, described the EU’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as “supine” and its failure to criticise the Israeli blockade of Gaza as “embarrassing”.
Referring to the possibility of Europe breaking with the US in an interview with the Guardian, he said: “Why not? They’re not our vassals. They occupy an equal position with the US.”…
He called on the EU to reassess its stance if Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. “Let the Europeans lift the embargo and say we will protect the rights of Palestinians in Gaza, and even send observers to Rafah gate [Gaza’s crossing into Egypt] to ensure the Palestinians don’t violate it.”
Embargoes and sanctions are, of course, the humane alternative to war as a form of pressuring a rogue regime, until they’re not. Oh, and lest you think his Hamas advocacy came solely at the expense of the United States, he spilled some Israeli nuclear secrets this weekend too. Exit question: The more he talks, the better it is for McCain, no?
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Jimmy,
Go away.
Just
Go
Markvike on May 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM
He’ll probably get high booking and honors at the next Democratic Convention and officially ‘pass the torch’ to Obama whose policies he inspired
Defector01 on May 26, 2008 at 2:05 PM
He’s campaigning to be Obama’s VP.
jgapinoy on May 26, 2008 at 2:05 PM
‘Why Shouldn’t We Claim that Andalusia is Our Homeland?’
Yeah, it’s all about those dang Jews Jimmy.
Beagle on May 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM
The Gazans have quite a few houses that need to be rebuilt, jimmah, why don’t you head over there and lend a hand?
Bishop on May 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Supine???
When last checked, it wasn’t Israel shooting rockets into Gaza.
In only the mind of the demented Jimma Carter can the world look so, so unbalanced.
Kini on May 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Too bad there’s no way to erase Jimmuh’s name from the list of US presidents. Calling him a disgrace to the nation is the equivalent of calling a hurricane a “breeze.”
Osama Obama will put the finishing touches on the damage Carter wrought.
MrScribbler on May 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Please, Barry O, give this man a prime time speaking slot in Denver!
SouthernGent on May 26, 2008 at 2:11 PM
The man is deranged. Maybe someone should look inside his head to see if there is a tumor. No right thinking person could spew such nonsense.
HawaiiLwyr on May 26, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Somehow I have the feeling that the execrable Jimmy Carter’s bank account just got a little fatter.
Ka-Chiiiing
Cicero43 on May 26, 2008 at 2:16 PM
I didn’t know they gave a Nobel for Lifetime Achievement in Asshattery.
trubble on May 26, 2008 at 2:18 PM
This makes me wonder how much intelligence the Israelis would share with an Obama administration.
forest on May 26, 2008 at 2:19 PM
As Jimmy Crack Corn has placed his mantle on Obama’s shoulders, and Obama aligns with Jimmy’s stances, AT LEAST Obama’s international policies are up front for all to understand BEFORE the vote.
That anyone could be so vile and STUPID is hard to endure. The uber-left suffered/suffers Bush derangement syndrome, so they’ll claim any reaction to Carter/Obama as sour grapes. It is true that GW has certainly put his foot in it deep with his declaration of trust in Putin, our open borders and the ultra-layer of bureaucracy given Homeland Security. But if McCain loses, America will spiral down so fast, there’ll be no stopping Obama’s destruction of the USA. Even Hillary would do less harm to the USA than Obama. Hillary may say her party’s line, but unlike BHO and Jimmy Crack Corn at least she knows the score.
If only McCain would be what America needs instead of what he thinks liberals will accept/tolerate.–Hope.
maverick muse on May 26, 2008 at 2:19 PM
or with ANY administration at this point forward. At some point, a Democrat will take the office spill the beans again.
maverick muse on May 26, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Who suggested the campaign bumper sticker,
“I’d rather have a third Bush term than a second Carter”
I’d buy one of those…
TBinSTL on May 26, 2008 at 2:28 PM
I honestly have to wonder how anyone in the Democratic Party can actually look to someone like Jimmy Carter for anything even remotely resembling guidance. The man is so out of touch with reality that it is no longer funny. One thing is very clear, and that is that Carter is no longer a friend of Israel. I now doubt if he ever even was one.
pilamaye on May 26, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Just one more entry for Jimmuh to maintain his position as the worst president evah.
rmgraha on May 26, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Isn’t it funny how Jimmuh studied nuclear engineering, and his son has a decree in nuclear physics, yet Jimmuh still pronounces it nuculer. And Bush is given a hard time for a similar pronunciation.
Buford Gooch on May 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM
I’d call Carter a bigoted, ignorant piece of sh**, except for fear that cow patties would rise up and issue a fatwa against me for insulting them.
I wonder what it is he sold his soul for? Bum deal, in any case.
Merovign on May 26, 2008 at 2:57 PM
“Supine” is as Stupid does. – Jimy C.
Kini on May 26, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Looks like his last foray to kiss Arab terrorist butt didn’t net him the donations to the Carter Center that he had hoped.
I wonder if he’s having trouble paying bills or something.
Dusty on May 26, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Look in the dictionary next to the word supine and you’ll see a picture of Saint Jimmah. Is there a dictator or a terrorist group in the world he hasn’t grovelled to? The Soviets, Castro, the Iranians, the North Koreans, Hamas, Saddam Hussein, the list is endless…
Lehuster on May 26, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Old Jimmy trying to do more damage even when out of office. Any respect the man may deserve as a former president is lost by his actions.
TroubledMonkey on May 26, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Can we convince habitat for humanity to build this idiot a village he can stay in permanently?
Kowboy on May 26, 2008 at 3:23 PM
LOL!
Whatever “moral authority” Carter may once have possessed has long since been squandered by his idiotic, anti-Semitic ravings and his terrorist-appeasing behavior.
The man is a disgrace.
AZCoyote on May 26, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Die already, you treasonous douchebag.
packsoldier on May 26, 2008 at 3:26 PM
The Worst President living up to his laurels as the Worse Ex-President.
Time to revoke his passport. And way past time for a public reprimand from the President: “Mr Carter is a disgrace to the office he once held, and an embarrassment to the United States.”
MrLynn on May 26, 2008 at 3:27 PM
That shoulda been two ‘Worsts’.
When will we be able to edit our posts?
MrLynn on May 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Jimmuh still working on getting rid of the hostage monkey which just won’t get off his back.
Is there any good reason anyone should listen to this loser?
tarpon on May 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Barack is a fairly young guy as Presidents go he could give us so many Carter moments in the future.
Speakup on May 26, 2008 at 3:30 PM
This totally disgusting traitor, aka former president, is beyond any mental reasoning. How in the world this man gets info. on anything dealing with Israel is beyond me. Who is helping him crater our nation and Israel? How long will our government let this cretin talk and not do anything to shut his mouth? Oh, I forgot, freedom of speech. I hope God is keeping a note pad on his actions.
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letget on May 26, 2008 at 3:31 PM
He’s a repugnant little man still bitter about having Bonzo’s sidekick clean his clock. From that moment he has essentially hated the American public for the vote that shamed him.
He continues to mingle among that small orb of anti American miscreants who comfort and abet his hate. More often than not overseas. I’m sure when Arafat died he was crushed.
Twain said it best, as regards the Carter’s through history when hearing one died, “While I’m sorry I can’t be there, I approve of the procedings” or something to that effect.
patrick neid on May 26, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Jimmuh just might be Obama’s daddy, they both sure like to hang out with terrorists and hate America. Keep it up Jimmy, you’re just reminding America how awful the far left is at everything.
Buzzy on May 26, 2008 at 3:43 PM
not only the worst president, but the worst ex-president
in our history. I truly dislike him as a person.
robo on May 26, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Amen to that. I’ll greet with joy the day this man leaves our world to tend to it’s sad affairs without his vile meddling.
Maquis on May 26, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Well,…yes. since Jimmy raised the point, it would also seem appropriate to ask Obama directly during the debates if he also favors lifting the sanctions/embargos, if hamas would honor a ceasefire, and that it is a good thing for the EU to go it’s separate way regarding the ME. Seems a fair foreign policy question.
a capella on May 26, 2008 at 4:11 PM
And they said it was his brother who was nuts. Pardon the pun.
waterfall on May 26, 2008 at 4:17 PM
This dolt is an absolutely disgusting jackass that should voluntarily fade off into the sunset never to be heard from again.
rplat on May 26, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Doesn’t this senile twerp have peanuts to tend to?
oakpack on May 26, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Too bad he can’t follow in the footsteps of all his predecessors and just die.
john1schn on May 26, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Worst President ever.
Worst ex-President ever.
And, let’s remember folks, he was given a seat of honor (which he shared with Mike al-Moore) at the 2004 Democratic convention.
Has the Obamessiah condemned his remarks? Has Hillary?
Blackacre on May 26, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Irrelevance is indignant.
Entelechy on May 26, 2008 at 5:09 PM
You missed the best part. At the end of the article, Jimmy the Dhimmi implied that once Bush is out of office, he can be prosecuted for war crimes.
Carl in Jerusalem on May 26, 2008 at 5:45 PM
No. This is just the type of “stuff” that McCain would seriously consider in the name of “reaching out.”
highhopes on May 26, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Slut for the Caliphut.
profitsbeard on May 26, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Carter is a certifiable loon. Look at what the Iranians are reporting.
onlineanalyst on May 26, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Jimmy will show just how Obama will be undercut when they see Carter’s and Obama’s views being hauntingly similar. Carter continues to remove all doubt that he is the worst president in the 20th century.
volsense on May 26, 2008 at 6:42 PM
It takes a special kind of stupid to believe that would even have the slightest chances of working.
“Stop! Or I shall say ’stop’ again!”
Hollowpoint on May 26, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Someone may correct me on this, but I believe that former presidents are kept in the information loop as a professional courtesy.
To my way of thinking, Carter’s rogue “negotiations” and speaking on behalf of our country in foreign venues smacks of abuse of power. Hasn’t he flouted the Hatch Act numerous times? (That behavior seems to be part of the Dems’ job descriptions at the federal level.)
onlineanalyst on May 26, 2008 at 6:52 PM
How telling that Carter’s latest plans for a rapid appeasement program occurred at a literary festival (in Hay-on-Wye, Wales) which ‘champions great creative writing in the media’.
Buy Danish on May 26, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Watch it, he might get diagnosed with a brain tumor.
surrounded on May 26, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Then what will you say?
surrounded on May 26, 2008 at 7:13 PM
For the good of the Nation and Civilization, the State Department needs to pull the Old Dirty Marxist Ba$tards Passport. He is a National Embarassment!
Cite the Logan Act and keep his a$$ back in Georgia pending trial. He is a flight risk!
old trooper on May 26, 2008 at 7:14 PM
“Now the LORD had said unto Abram (known as the father of the Jewish people), Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee (the land of Israel): And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I (God) will bless them that bless thee (Israel), and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Genesis 12:1-3
The story is really very simple. God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and to his descendants through Isaac and Jacob. He blessed them and they prospered and grew into a great nation. The land — the promised land — is known today as Israel. These are referred to in the Bible as the Jews (Romans 1:16). Ask any Christian why they support Israel against rhe Palestinians and they’ll tell you it’s because God gave the Jews the land.
Does Jimmy Carter even read his Bible? Why is he trying to divy up Israel and give it to God’s enemies? I’m very afraid for that man on judgment day.
apacalyps on May 26, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Oops! My comment should have said the Logan Act, not the Hatch Act.
Good catch, old trooper.
onlineanalyst on May 26, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Well, at least that quote was reported..
Reaps on May 26, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Peanut Brain clearly chafes under the bonds of his ex-Presidency. It would seem to be time to impeach him, convict him, and end his ex-Presidency, leaving him without government pension, security, or staff.
This would free him to be the Sean Penn that he longs to be, and would free us from having to pay to listen to his dementia.
Win-Win.
Jaibones on May 26, 2008 at 7:46 PM
So,Jimmy thinks Europe needs to break away from the United
States over Gaza,how enlightening on Memorial Day!
Here’s a little visual presentation,on Hamas and Israel!
http://www.conceptwizard.com/terror/a1.html
canopfor on May 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Alright, Jimmy!
Next stop: WW3 on behalf of Fiji.
If at all, we should break from the US over its presumptuous support for Turkey’s admission into the Union.
GermanAtheist on May 26, 2008 at 8:49 PM
At what point does criticism become treason? Former President or no, his recent actions and statements are seditious and treasonous.
hburns on May 26, 2008 at 8:51 PM
What a fucking piece of shit.
oceansidecon on May 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Carter should be deported to Israel and see how popular he is there.
Travis1 on May 26, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Jimmy Carter is 83 years old.
tick
tock
tick
tock
tick
tock
uptight on May 26, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Not Really. I don’t see where people will forget McCain’s amnesty plan, or his huge taxation plan in the form of Carbon cap and trade.
I doubt that Jimmy Carter’s asinine comments will help McCain. McCain’s asinine comments and policies really could only be highlighted by Jimmy Carter’s asinine comments.
Snake307 on May 26, 2008 at 9:11 PM
When are we going to prosecute his sorry butt?
misterpeasea on May 26, 2008 at 9:13 PM
There’s a difference between Jhimmi the Dhimmi and Ted Kennedy. Kennedy is misguided, drunk and stupid. Carter is evil. If you don’t see that, we can’t help you.
john1schn on May 26, 2008 at 9:42 PM
So i take it that you wont be remembering him and his family in your prayers if you find a future post like the one we had about Ted?
Hm, ok.
surrounded on May 26, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Is there anything in what I have written about Jhimmi that would make you think otherwise? Carter is responsible for the rise of the islamists.
When he goes, I’ll pour a bottle of whiskey on his grave. Strained through my kidneys first, of course.
john1schn on May 26, 2008 at 10:15 PM
All i wanted to know…i appreciate your consistency.
Cheers!
surrounded on May 26, 2008 at 10:18 PM
I’m not sure about the consistency part. I just really can’t stand Carter. I wouldn’t be the person to cause his demise, but I’d say I wouldn’t mind being the witness to the expiration.
john1schn on May 26, 2008 at 10:21 PM
His bigotry is only masked by his stupidity.
Kini on May 26, 2008 at 10:22 PM
I feel ya…also though, i’m sort of curious about how he is evil and poor little Teddy is misquided.
surrounded on May 26, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Screw Jimmy Carter and screw Gaza.
someguy on May 26, 2008 at 10:25 PM
I see Teddy out there working for the benefit of the poor. Carter enables terrorists. Teddy is liberal in the European Socialist sense. Carter is an Arabist anti-Semitic bastard. If someone shows me that Teddy thinks along the lines of Carter in regards to Israel or the Arabs, I’ll be happy to adjust my opinion of him (Kennedy).
john1schn on May 26, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Ok. Not a Carter OR a Kennedy fan here, and hey, we all have to go sometime don’t we?
Thank you for your responses, have a nice night!
surrounded on May 26, 2008 at 10:55 PM
That would have to be some ambitious hooker!
john1schn on May 26, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Those aren’t the stakes in 2008.
We get the Third Clinton term with either McCain or Hillary Clinton. We get the third Carter term with Obama.
At no time do we get the third Reagan term and that is what I think is needed at this point!!!!!
highhopes on May 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Does anyone at all pay any attention to that doddering old fool? He is only of interest in how his views reflect Obama’s.
JIMV on May 26, 2008 at 11:34 PM
You are thinking “locally.”
Jimmy Carter is the best source of vindication for our enemies throughout the world. His hatred of Jews plays very well in the Muslim world.
highhopes on May 27, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Zbigniew Brezinski is one of Obama’s foreign policy advisors. It would appear that the “Carter wing” of the Dim party is about to rear its’ ugly head.
poodlemom on May 27, 2008 at 1:08 AM
His idiocy continues. This is what he said to the London times:
One month after his visit to the region spurred criticism from Israeli officials for his meeting with Syria-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, former US president Jimmy Carter is again making waves, this time saying that Israel possesses 150 nuclear weapons.
The London Times said Carter made the comment Sunday while at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in England. He was discussing Iran, and the difficulty it would have in building a secret nuclear arsenal, when he mentioned the Israeli weapons, the paper said.
evenkeel on May 27, 2008 at 4:06 AM
Dear Jimmy:
For the good of humanity, please shut your mouth on foreign affairs and go back to the one place people respect your work, insight, and opinion: Habitat for Humanity.
BKennedy on May 27, 2008 at 6:33 AM
I agree with many of the previous posters. Mr. peanut needs to be sent to the nursing home and cared for by burly nurse cratchet.
dogsoldier on May 27, 2008 at 6:45 AM
Holding out for Reagan, are you? I have bad news.
Jaibones on May 27, 2008 at 6:54 AM
“Jimmy Carter has a brain?”
misterpeasea on May 27, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Why, does Iran have some moron who travels to Israel against the wishes of their government and spills state secrets?
James on May 27, 2008 at 8:09 AM
Then is no end to the harm Carter inflicts on the USA.
Wade on May 27, 2008 at 8:13 AM
I always try to see the best in people and to have just interpretations of people. However, my views on Jimmy Carter may strike some as strange and extreme, and obviously I could be wrong. First off, let me observe that Jimmy Carter is neither naive nor stupid. Naivety is for youth before they become disillusioned, and Carter has already had his disillusioning experiences in his time as president. Consider his statements about the Soviets and Afghanistan.
Having eliminated naivety and stupid, we are left searching for some other reason for his evil. Carter’s desire to lick the sh** off the shoes of the most evil dictators he can find seems to me to be sexual masochism taken to the extreme. (I mean no disrespect to the run of the mill sexual masochist who keeps his desires within the bounds of sanity.) To be clear, I am making the perhaps wild accusation that Jimmy Carter’s sexual desire is to be prison raped by Pol Pot and Robert Mugabe. On the other hand, there is some competing evidence from the Playboy interview where Carter claimed to have lust in his heart from looking at women, which does indicate heterosexuality. If there were just more terrifically evil woman dictators out there, we could see if he were partial towards them.
thuja on May 27, 2008 at 8:14 AM
As someone once observed, “In America, any boy can grow up to be president. Jimmy Carter is proof that some shouldn’t.”
oldleprechaun on May 27, 2008 at 8:18 AM
You never eliminated stupid…sometimes people read into an event to deeply.
I think he is just stupid.
right2bright on May 27, 2008 at 9:07 AM
How far will our government let this man go before they do something about his treason!!??? IMO he should be told to shut his damned mouth, stay in this country and keep state secrets to himself or risk being tried for treason!!!
kcd on May 27, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Carter is the worst kind of human being. At the very least he should be denied the classified briefings normally accorded ex-presidents.
The Europeans and US had monitors at the Rafah Gate in 2006 and gave the Palestinians good marks! They got upset when the Israelis closed the border in June 2006 in response to a lttle incident (Their words) – the kidnapping of the two Israeli soldiers. In the last few years we have seen where monitors/peacekeepers monitor and keep the peace while letting the rat bags operate.
Like many with dated knowledge Carter’s remarks are misleading. His comments regarding US/Russian warheads may be an example.
He mentions that the Russians and US have 12,000 weapons/warheads each. The estimates (who really knows) are quite different The Federation of American Scientists (not known for being a friend of the government) estimates the US 2007 total as 9938 with 5163 being active.
The National Resources Defence Council (NRDC)(another group not known for being an advocate of the governmnt) estimates Russian 2007 warheads at 15,000 with 5670 being active.
Dated knowledge or playing the moral equivelency meme? You chose.
davod on May 27, 2008 at 9:21 AM
I can’t stand some of the things this man says and does, but coming here and reading these comments…
You people wishing for his death, etc.
…
‘You stay classy, Hot Air Commenters’
jeez
bridgetown on May 27, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Who said that?
kcd on May 27, 2008 at 9:24 AM
kcd on May 27, 2008 at 9:24 AM
See posts by packsoldier at 3.26pm, maquis at 4.07pm, john1schn at 4.43…….
to start with…..and I’m not going to keep reading through these again. That’s your job.
bridgetown on May 27, 2008 at 9:37 AM
For one thing, it’s not “my job”. For another, people should not wish death on anyone, but those statements are mild compared to statements from those vile lefty’s at kos & huffpo. Maybe you need to troll on over there and scold them for a while.
kcd on May 27, 2008 at 9:49 AM
Are you saying sitting by his grave site waiting for his re-appearance is a waste of time?…heretic.
right2bright on May 27, 2008 at 9:50 AM
he-he-he
kcd on May 27, 2008 at 10:10 AM
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