Posted on 09/14/2006 3:10:57 PM PDT by wouldntbprudent
LONDON Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter criticized the British government on Thursday for quickly adopting controversial policies of the Bush administration regarding the Iraq war and the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
"I've been really disappointed in the apparent subservience of the British government's policies related to many of the serious mistakes that have been originated in Washington," Carter said in an interview BBC-TV's news show "Nightline."
In the past, Carter said, British governments had used a "strong voice" to help shape joint U.S.-British policies as part of the long-standing special relationship between two of the world's greatest democracies.
But under Prime Minister Tony Blair, Carter said, "no matter what kind of radical or ill-advised policy that's proposed from the White House, it seems to me, that almost automatically the government of Great Britain would adopt the same policy, without exerting its influence in the Middle East peace process in the case of the Lebanese-Israeli war in the recent or past, and certainly in the ill-advised abandonment of the war against terrorism to substitute the war in Iraq."
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How the hell did he ever graduate from the Naval Academy
"One can only hope that Carter will do for his party, what he did for our Country."
Beautifully said! Bravo!
Jimmah is just pissed that Tony Blair was able to get reelected.....
Carter!... PLEASE go live with Osama.
I guess the old saw about how only the good die young must be true, because Carter, the POS, surely has overstayed his welcome, and yet he still goes on and on and on.
Former U.S. President Carter Criticizes “Subservient” Blair
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter derided British Prime Minister Tony Blair for being “so compliant and subservient” to the Bush administration in Washington. “I have been surprised and extremely disappointed with Tony Blair’s behavior,” said Carter. “He is aligning himself with Bush and America when he should be joining with other Europeans to urge moderation in our dealings with those who have a different world view.”
“We now have a situation where America is so unpopular overseas that, even in countries like Egypt and Jordan, our approval ratings are less than five percent,” said Carter, who pointed out that America’s approval ratings were twice as high when he was in the White House from 1977 to 1981.
“When America suffered the 9/11 attacks, when our embassy in Iran was taken hostage, we had the sympathy of the world,” Carter added. “Bush has squandered that sympathy through his efforts to fight back. Fighting is hard and risky. You have to take action. You might not win. Sympathy is given to you. You don’t need to taken any action. You can’t lose.”
“Bush has chosen the high risk option and Blair has been a prime enabler of this risky behavior,” Carter concluded.
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http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
Carter - proving daily that beauty is skin deep; dumb is forever. He's pushing the limit on dumb.
"Carter, the POS, surely has overstayed his welcome, and yet he still goes on and on and on."
Sort of like an Energizer Killer Bunny. :-)
well, well...the dementia has truly set in....
Carter is the Ayatollah's lapdog.
To think I actually voted for this bozo.
Indeed, except what Carter is trying to kill is his own country.
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