Nattering Do-Nothingists

Washington Post ^ | 02/27/2002 | Michael Kelly

[WarEagle]

Now, in our time of crisis, helpfully comes former president Jimmy Carter to pronounce that the current president -- this would be the president who actually has the job at the moment as opposed to the president who set a record for incompetence that will stand until the seas run dry when he did have the job and has been tediously nattering away at his infinitely superior successors ever since -- has erred. In the opinion of the man who presided over 400-plus days of "America Held Hostage," George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an ...

[WarEagle]

Trying again because this is a worthwhile column. Kelly hits the nail on the head, over and over.

[TomGuy]

Surprising conclusing, coming from the WP:

"The Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 policy is: No, we cannot. Not anymore, not with 3,000 dead. The reality is terribly changed and we must deal with that change. We must do what we can to limit the threat of a second Sept. 11. And what we can most effectively do is to strike where we can find something to strike at: to destroy or coerce those regimes that arm and support and hide the transnational terrorists who would wage long-term guerrilla war against the United States.

Do-nothingism -- Carterism -- is no longer an option."

[ThreeYearLurker]

I thought "America Held Hostage" was the US during the first two years of the Clinton administration, then it was "America, The Way It Ought To Be", after the Republicans took back Congress.

At least, thats what Rush said.

[William Wallace]

In the opinion of the man who presided over 400-plus days of "America Held Hostage," George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil" was "overly simplistic and counterproductive." Added the man who was once attacked by a rabbit, "I think it will take years before we can repair the damage done by that statement."

Priceless!

For the most part, Jimmy Carter has been an exemplary ex-President. He won't be if he keeps opening his mouth every once in a while to tell us what he thinks. Ex-presidents who live in Habitats for the Homeless shouldn't throw stones.

Here's another Link since we can't post the entire article.