Posted on 06/03/2006 10:14:46 AM PDT by ncountylee
The former American president, Jimmy Carter, has said that the United States should begin talks with Iran without preconditions.
Mr Carter believes prerequisites could present the Iranian Government with too great an impediment to overcome.
His comments are significant, given that he was the president when US relations with Iran hit an all-time low.
He witnessed the Iranian revolution and the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
He struggled for 444 days to release the US Embassy staff held hostage.
A failed rescue attempt led by the US military brought about the resignation of his secretary of state.
It was the crisis that has scarred relations between the two countries ever since.
But Mr Carter thinks attempts to improve relations should have started long ago.
And he believes that this administration's offer to sit down and talk on conditions that Iran gives up its uranium enrichment program may not be enough.
It's the mean old USA's fault to begin with, ain't it Jimmy.
The only 'impediment' to eliminating Iran's nuclear program is whiny old pieces of camel dung like yourself that stand in the way of effective peace keeping:
Carter was so successful in keeping N Korea from going nuclear that he figures his expertise is needed again with Iran.
Jimmy Carter should burn in hell.
Oh yeah, by all means do whatever Mr. Carter says. He is the expert on Iran, no doubt about it.
Worst President Ever
(After Clinton)
"Carter has never cared about anything but getting cash for himself and his family (and personal friends)"
Time to reread "Carter's Illegal Demands on the Shah of Iran" on http://www.antimullah.com as a reminder and proof of the above
IMO, Carter was a considerably worse POTUS than Clinton.
They say even a broken clock is right twice a day.
That makes a broken clock far superior to Jimmy Carter.
In addition to cozying up to every brutal dictator he ever met, Jimmy holds the distinction of being the only ex-president to try to actively undermine US foreign policy.
Before GW1, he wrote the Saudis and asked them to kick us out before we could free Kuwait. He actively lobbied foreign governments before GW2 to try to stop us again.
He may be the only man who could make Clinton look good...
I was wondering when Jimmuh wouild weigh in on this. He better watch out for those rabbits!
And as hard as it is to believe, getting "worster" as he ages.
Idiot reporter. "His comments are significant..." No, they are ironic or hypocritical, but not significant.
The US put the current Iranian Government into office during Carter's administration.
Evidence Jimmy Carter abandoned the Shah
Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily
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Rôle of US Former Pres. Carter Emerging in Illegal Financial Demands on Shah of Iran
Exclusive. Analysis. By Alan Peters,1 GIS. Strong intelligence has begun to emerge that US President Jimmy Carter attempted to demand financial favors for his political friends from the Shah of Iran. The rejection of this demand by the Shah could well have led to Pres. Carters resolve to remove the Iranian Emperor from office. ... Full article here (scroll down a bit to get to the Peters article)
ML/NJ
So Jimmuh was just a passive witness to history? Man, it was a black day in our nation's history when this self-righteous, vindictive, vainglorious, naive windbag was elected President!
However, Carter's enormous weakness is his puritanical belief in his own righteousness. Rather than accept his shortcomings, he has engaged in a 26 year quest to vindicate himself. In the process, he has convinced himself that America is too corrupt and wicked to deserve a President as noble-minded and pure as he. Carter's mediocre Presidency would perhaps place him in the bottom third of all Presidents, but his nearly constant efforts to undermine the authority of every one of his successors, even at the price of damaging the security of the nation, cements his legacy as the WORST ex-President of all-time.
We do not negotiate with terrorists. This offer of conditions for the US to join the other conferees will be about all they get.
Carter envisions Bush sitting down with Stinky Mano y Mano.
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