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.
Jimmy who? The WORST president and WORST ex-president in our history, imo.
Did Jimmah monitor the last election in Iran ?
Jimmy, since you've proven you have no clue how to deal w Iran, why don't you sit down and SHUT UP!
First, Carter is close to and understands terrorists.
Second, Carter understands Iranian terrorists since he began their rule.
Mohammad Reza Shah's gift to President Jimmy Carter: A portrait of George Washington surrounded with Persian designs.
Jimmy Carter's gift to the Shah. Loss of Persia to the Mullahs
The Mullahs ONLY came into power because the Peacock Shah
refused yet another campaign donation to the DNC or Carter.
For his refusal, Carter pulled the plug and in came Kerry's supporters, the Mullahs.
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Please don't let Jimmah Cahter speak for the US. Look what he did for the US in talks w/North Korea and their nuclear enrichment plans in the early 90s. Big ZERO! All Jimmah got were verbal promises, nothing tangible while costing the US taxpayers a whole lot of money.
Notice how the BBC ignores the fact CARTER CAUSED THE CURRENT MESS!!!
Carter is again working against the administration because he has his Carter Intitute of International Politics. A shadow state department even futher traitorous and left then the institutional current state department of the USA.
Jimmy Carter has demonstrated himself as scum beyond scum.
Perhaps we should set up freep rallys at his appearances.
Imagine the signs
"CARTER BROUGHT MULLAHS TO IRAN"
"HEY JIMMY MOVE TO FRANCE WITH THE OTHER SURRENDER MONKEYS."
Does anyone besides marxists and despots listen to this total failure POS XPOTUS? Why the hell does he get any coverage at all? I mean even the dembos have had about enough of this babbling buffoon.
FMCDH(BITS)
Didn't it just come out this week that Carter is being paid millions by the muslims to say this stuff? How can anyone take him seriously now?
Look at the source, the BBC is eating this up.
Carter is playing this crap for the rest of the world.
Remember in england and other countries you have the "shadow cabinet" for the party that is out of power.
The BBC is reporting as if Carter has official power.
Carter is fighting for the USSR vs USA "gridlock" world politics where the endless blah blah blah keeps the bureacrats fed at the expense of victory.
Can an ex president be censured by the majority in Congress?
Seems it is long over due that Jimmy Carter be spanked very hard.
OMG! You'd think with his track record on Iran, he'd know enough to keep his trap shut, but this is exactly his style to demonstrate his complete ignorance on the topic de jour. What an absolute bonehead! In case it hasn't been posted yet, which I highly doubt, "STFU, Jimmuh!"
Great advice Jimmy! Now please enlighten us on the economy. We haven't had the "misery index" or double digit inflation since you left office! MORON! Your mother was right when she said that she should have stayed a virgin! The only thing worse than your presidency was you drunk brother's lousy beer!!
I think Jimmy stood too close to the reactor core of his sub when he was in the Navy!
Speaking of Carter's mother brings back memories of the joke in the carter years; Q, What woman has the two biggest boobs in the world? A, Miss Lillian, they are named Jimmy and Billy.
his legacy: a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Interesting you should mention this. I have a dear friend (now retired) whose job it was to 'verify' by audit the enormous U.S. foreign aid funds TO EGYPT with which Carter BOUGHT that agreement. She said it was the most corrupt foreign aid program she ever audited and the government of EGYPT was so scared they would publicly report the corruption that she and her team had to travel in armored vehicle from the hotel to the Egyptian government offices where they conducted the audit. Carter is the worst kind - a phony through and through.
You forgot to mention that we have been training soldiers in those two countries to be force multipliers.
He might be feeling emboldened after Hillary and algore followed his energy independance plan and asked the nation to change to flourescent light bulbs. :)
Witnessed. Struggled. Failed. Ok, so why should I pay attention?
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