Michael Reagan: It's All 'Jimmah' Carter's Fault

NewsMax ^ | 4/21/06 | Michael Reagan

[wagglebee]

Everybody's playing the blame game these days. The current target is Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who seems to be standing in for President Bush – the man who his enemies say is responsible for everything that's gone wrong since the Biblical flood. ("Bush lied about the need to build an ark.")

South of our borders we have a nut job running oil-rich Venezuela and threatening to do all kinds of nasty things to us. In North Korea we have another nut job building nukes and rattling sabers, and in Iran there's still another whacked-out leader threatening to blow Israel off the map, for starters.

Believe me, Rummy had nothing to do with any of that. Nor did George Bush. If you're looking for someone to point the finger at, look no further than James Earl Carter. Every one of these problems can be laid at the door of the Georgia peanut farmer and self-anointed evangelist for world peace, understanding, good-will, and promoter of universal love-ins with dictators who hate us.

Let's begin with Iran, a boiling cauldron of hatred for everything associated with Western civilization. Recall that when Jimmah took office Iran was ruled by a strong ally of the United States, the Shah. Like most Middle Eastern potentates, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ruled with an iron hand. Under him, Iran was not the kind of democracy we're now promoting for the Middle East.

The Shah, however, was also the staunch friend and ally of the United States. He saw to it that the oil kept flowing in our direction, and kept his military in good-enough shape to protect our interests in the area.

But the Shah somehow offended Brother Carter's exalted view of the inherent goodness of a mankind freed from the strictures imposed by dictatorial rules. With a wink and a nod, he arranged to have Pahlavi replaced by an exiled mullah - the Ayatollah Khomeini - who in Carter's view would be a moderate leader who would democratize Iran.

What Carter got for us was a Muslim fanatic seething with hatred for everything Western, who without blinking an eye spat on our national sovereignty when he took over the United States embassy in Tehran and held 52 American hostages for 444 days, until the U.S. came to its senses and elected my dad Ronald Reagan to replace the hapless Jimmy Carter.

Thanks to Carter, Iran today constitutes a grave threat to the United States and to world peace. He allowed the creation of an Islamic Republic bent on imposing the most repressive form of Islam on the entire world.

Then we can turn to Venezuela, now locked in the grip of a Castro-clone and fervent communist Hugo Chavez, who is creating a heavily armed communist dictatorship on our southern doorstep. When Chavez faced a recall election Cater was on hand to monitor the election, which turned out to be rigged to elect Chavez from the very start. Despite overwhelming evidence that the Chavez victory was the result of rampant vote fraud, Mr. Carter put his stamp of approval on it, declaring it to have been fair and honest. Carter kept Chavez in office.

In 1994, when Bill Clinton was facing down North Korea's Kim Il-Sung, father of current dictator Kim Jong-Il, he sent Carter to strike a deal on his development of nuclear technology. Speaking of the dying murderous dictator, Carter said he found him "vigorous, intelligent, surprisingly well-informed about the technical issues, and in charge of the decisions about this country," and added, "I don't see the [North Koreans] are an outlaw nation."

The deal Carter made allowed the North Koreans to work behind the scenes to build nuclear weapons which now threaten world peace. When he came back from North Korea he told CNN's Judy Woodruff, "I think it's all roses now..."

I agree with Jack Kinsella who once wrote in the Omega Letter Daily Intelligence Digest that "... Jimmy Carter holds the hands-down record for being the worst ex-president the United States has ever known. His post-presidential meddling in foreign affairs has cost America dearly, both in terms of international credibility and international prestige."

Amen

[Tribune7]

Had you been alive for 230 years or so, you could still claim that Carter was the worst president in your lifetime. IMHO

I think you're right.

[Tribune7]

They were all Southern Democrats.

[hermgem]

And this guy Carter while still showcasing his sanctimonious face for any left wing purpose is now promoting his son to enter politics in Georgia.
Obviously he feels mission "un-accomplished" and in urgent need of revival.

[DCPatriot]

And welcome to FR!

Uh...it's registered since May 2004.

[mkjessup]

On the day Jimmy's pick, Khomenhi, was buried the howling mobs of insane Muslims rioted so badly that they actually toppled his glass coffin in the street and his rotten old carcass fell out onto the ground. Remember that?

I do indeed, and in a perfect world, the America-haters and nay-sayers will, on the day that Jimmah leaves this mortal coil, do the exact same thing as the body of the Buffoon from Plains is being carried hither and yon.

Jimmy Carter was and is a traitor to the United States. He used his power while in the White House to assist our enemies, to limit and reduce our military capabilities to respond to those enemies, sold out our vital interests not only in Iran, but in Panama, his spineless behavior emboldened the Soviets to invade and occupy Afghanistan, and his record of betrayal only goes on and on.

Any and every sort of leftist apologist will whine about "fingerpointing and blaming accomplishes nothing", blah-blah-blah, but what such idiots fail to undertand is that it isn't fingerpointing and blaming, it is holding people accountable for their actions.

Jimmy Carter has skated for decades with nary a word said about his treasonous behavior. He has sucked up to, and thrown his arms around America's enemies, praising them while condemning the United States, wrapping his hypocrisy in the wrapper of Christianity when in fact the only thing Carter has in common with Christianity is the character Judas, the REAL Judas, not the recently rehabilitated image that is being foisted upon the public.

Clinton may have left a stain on Monica's dress, but the greater stain which will never be erased is the stain that Carter left on America's honor, integrity and dignity.

If I saw that despicable puke on fire, I would not p*ss on him to put him out.

[brushcop]

Yeah, and what really hurts is that there is a fine Sub named after jimmah, manned by honorable and brave sailors, can you imagine?

[mkjessup]

And welcome to FR!
Uh...it's registered since May 2004.

OK, so Jimmah is slow too.

[NY Attitude]

jimmy managed to de-stabilize the Middle East with his antics as well as giving away the Panama Canal.

[sine_nomine]

I wonder how much we really know about the evil Clinton did and continues to do. He may be the worst when the roll is called up yonder. His clout got Hillary into the Senate. I blame him for that, too.

Nixon deserves a vote for: the EPA; recognition of Red China while selling out Taiwan; wage price controls; Guaranteed Annual Income; surrendering in Viet Nam after winning in every theatre; slavering for the approval of liberals.

[Alex Murphy]

I love how Jimmy got tough with the Iranians...to quote Larry Norman, "next time, we're going to crash the choppers even closer!"

[manwiththehands]

Carter was and still is a major liability for our country.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I cannot believe we named a Nuke submarine after him.

[mkjessup]

Nixon deserves a vote for: the EPA; recognition of Red China while selling out Taiwan; wage price controls; Guaranteed Annual Income; surrendering in Viet Nam after winning in every theatre; slavering for the approval of liberals.

A few corrections there my FRiend:

- The EPA is a good idea gone bad, although I readily concede that Nixon should have known better about creating one more federal agency that will never die before Jesus comes back.

- Nixon did not sell out Taiwan, in fact the selling out of Taiwan did not actually take place until (guess WHO?) Jimmy Carter came to town, and as aptly described by Edward Daley:

In December of 1978, Jimmy Carter unilaterally (without Congressional consent) terminated the 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the U.S. and the Republic of China (Taiwan), and he and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Hua Guofeng announced their countries' mutual recognition.

This action officially established diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the PRC, while simultaneously derecognizing the sovereignty of Taiwan, and causing a major separation of powers controversy in the U.S. government.

Shortly afterward, Congress ratified the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) which guaranteed the continued sale of arms to Taiwan, even though the official policy of the U.S. was that it would take "no position on the sovereignty of Taiwan".

Carter's acceptance of a "one China" policy which favored the Communist regime in Beijing, caused a great deal of resentment among the Taiwanese, in spite of the TRA. They felt that the American president had turned his back on them in favor of the PRC, which, of course, he had.

Carter had single-handedly cut off all ties with Taipei, Taiwan's capital , embracing Beijing as China's sole legitimate government. It was Carter's expectation, as well as the expectation of most of the world at that time, that Taiwan would soon give in to the idea of incorporation into mainland China's regime.

Nixon made his overture to Beijing due to the strategic value of putting the Soviets on notice that they could not count on a monolithic Communist front opposing America on a global basis. At that time, there was a true schism between Moscow and Beijing, and Nixon exploited that with some success. But Nixon never intended (nor did he) betray Taiwan, who was (and is) our ally.

- Nixon did not surrender in Vietnam, the Paris Peace Accords actually led to a cease fire, however after Nixon's resignation the North Vietnamese Communists correctly analyzed Gerald Ford as being a weak president and violated the Accords, crossed the DMZ and attacked South Vietnam once again with a vengeance. THEN, it was noneother than a DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS that cut off all funding to defend our ally South Vietnam, we saw the overloaded choppers and planes leaving Saigon with thousands of South Vietnamese desperate to escape the Communists, and that too is a disgraceful legacy that the Democrats should NEVER be allowed to evade, THEY are the ones who lost Vietnam, and Gerald Ford didn't have the balls to do what was necessary to stop the North Vietnamese advance. You are correct however, not once did the Communists in Vietnam EVER defeat the United States Armed Forces on the battlefield.

- Wage & Price controls? Economic policies in general? There I will agree with you, Nixon was as liberal on domestic economic policy as any Democrat of that era.

[Beckwith]

No question about it!

[wtc911]

And the mid-to-younger generations love their cellphones, satellite TVs, internet, and nightlife as much as their Western counterparts (and much to the annoyance of their elders).

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Please provide proof of your assertion.

[tet68]

Amen Michael!
Amen Wbee!
We can trace so much of our present difficulties back to this "useful idiot".

[MozarkDawg]

Fingerpointing and fault laying accomplishes exactly zero.

Knowing and understanding what ,who and how things happen is useful as a guide for the future. As sweet as revenge may be,it's ridiculously stupid.

I agree with your point about knowing and understanding, and while so many fault Carter for the current situation with Iran, I always wonder why people leave Congress out of the blame. We suffered an Act of War, this country was invaded when the embassy was invaded, hostages held in Iran. Congress had both the duty and responsibility to pass a Declaration of War and authorize Carter to use any means necessary to free those citizens, whatever force it took. Had they done that, we probaby would not be in the postion we are today, there would not have been an Iran-Contra problem, no need to help Hussein back then, no Gulf War, no Iraq war now.

Why Congress is always left out of the loop confounds me.

[Felis_irritable]

We have relatives in Atlanta who told my father not to vote for the peanut farmer. They had seen what a dope he was at close range. He did anyway. Thankfully, the last 2 elections of his life he voted for Reagan.

My first vote was for Ford. Never yet voted for a demonrat. Probably never will.

[Nuc1]

"Yeah, and what really hurts is that there is a fine Sub named after jimmah, manned by honorable and brave sailors, can you imagine?"

As an ex sub pusher I cannot imagine naming anything after that treasonous jackass, much less a proud warship of the United States of America. I know the officers and men of that ship will serve their nation with far more patriotism and honor then that wing-nut president the ship is named after ever did. God bless you guys.

Don't forget what Carted did with nuclear energy, either. By all accounts and on all fronts a total looser.

[sine_nomine]

Some people think Nixon sold out Taiwan. I will concede that the political assassination of Nixon gave the radical Left the upper hand in everything, making potential problems into disasters. I think we might have gone somewhere against Roe vs. Wade in the early days, when people were still shocked about abortion on demand. Now it's a constitutional right (sic).

Thank you for the extra observations. You made some excellent points.