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President Carter On War In Iraq : War — What is it good for?

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Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-09 08:33 am|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Jimmy has long since lost any right to speak about defending America...and you're right Frank, beyond the Sadat-Begin peace deal he's shown a real antipathy for the Jeeewwwws. He's a good carpenter and should stick to building houses for the poor. It's a nice vocation, keeps him off the streets and out of dictator's PR campaigns. Does anybody who remembers the state of America in his presidency have anything but loathing for this poseur?

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-09 06:31:19|| 2003-03-09 06:31:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Once the torture chambers are opened in Iraq, the world should force this terrorism apologist to see for himself what his policies would have perpetuated.

Posted by mhw 2003-03-09 06:43:36|| 2003-03-09 06:43:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Jimmy Carter has lost his way as an American. This little missive proves it. How awful it is for him to refuse to support our troops while they are getting ready to go to war, and refuse to back Bush in this difficult circumstance.

Mr. Carter has every right to express his opinion on the war, but it was my understanding, the debate ended in October and the requirement is that now all real Anericans must be quiet and support the actions of the troops and Bush; that anything less could conceivably place them in even greater danger and could damage their morale.

I don't know about anyone else, but I am going to be one vocal human being when this war is over for all the remarks, treasonous and overwise made against the war while our people were in forward deployment.

Please place this in my 'In' box for processing when Iraq is finally stablized. These irresponsible things said and written cry to be addressed.

Posted by badanov 2003-03-09 07:06:06|| [www.rkka.org] 2003-03-09 07:06:06|| Front Page Top

#4 So being anti-war is also anti-semetic but the right thing to do? Unless France says the war is OK but bombing is not allowed cause we might hurt someone?

I need my meds

Posted by john 2003-03-09 12:37:37|| 2003-03-09 12:37:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice Fisking, Frank. Of course when every single sentence and paragraph are nothing but party line boilerplate it's a pretty easy job.

Posted by Parabellum 2003-03-09 14:07:23|| 2003-03-09 14:07:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't let me get going about the hypocracy of Jimmah. I will get all steamed up and lose my FAA flight medical certificate.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-09 14:19:15|| 2003-03-09 14:19:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Josh Chafetz also has a Fisking of this article on Oxblog at:
http://oxblog.blogspot.com/2003_03_02_oxblog_archive.html#90376715

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-09 14:42:08|| 2003-03-09 14:42:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Paul, please don't do that, I need you in the Ivory Coast! (see above).

Frank, nice Fisking, almost a turkey-shoot but someone's got to do it. Maybe Fred will get an Instalanche for your good work.

Posted by Steve White 2003-03-09 15:01:12|| 2003-03-09 15:01:12|| Front Page Top

#9 I have to say I go into sidewinder mode at the mere sound of this former presidents voice. If he was just talking about the presidents stand on bakery subsidies, Im not sure I'd get so exercised, but what really flips me out is that in a time of war, he decides to help discredit the president of HIS OWN COUNTRY. Is he entitled to his opinion? sure he is, but does he have a duty to make sure its not used to further the aims of the enemies of this country, you betcha.

I would say that most of the stuff I used is really "condensed cream of denbeste", but some of it is also based on the not-so-fond memories of living through the 1976-1979 years.

Believe me, there are days when I'm convinced that his brother Billy Carter was really the smarter of Mrs. Lillians' sons.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-09 18:20:39|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-03-09 18:20:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Hmm, don't all of Mr. Carter's arguments against an attack on Iraq also apply to his failed attack on Iran? There was no UN resolution that I recall that authorized military action. And Carter's fiasco in the desert had far less international support than any action proposed by Mr. Bush.

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2003-03-09 18:28:12|| 2003-03-09 18:28:12|| Front Page Top

#11 When Jimmuh got his Nobel, someone in the Blogosphere (can't remember who, it was someone with a MUCH better eye for a nasty turn-of-phrase than myself) said that the Nobel Peace Prize now had all the credibility of a "Father of the Year" award from NAMBLA.

P.S.: For the uninitiated, NAMBLA does NOT mean "National Association of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes" ;-)

Posted by the ghost of howard beale 2003-03-09 21:15:12|| 2003-03-09 21:15:12|| Front Page Top

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