Posted on 08/07/2006 7:05:37 AM PDT by presidio9
As the war between Israel and Lebanon enters its fifth week, former President of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter has criticised President George W Bush’s policy in the Middle East describing it as "erroneous". In an interview with the press in the US, Carter stated that an immediate cease-fire is needed to end the conflict between Israel and Lebanon but also expressed doubt that the Bush administration is capable of achieving it. He said, "It depends on whether world opinion is strong enough to get the administration to change its erroneous policy, which has been to encourage the continuation of attacks on both sides." The former President did not mince words when he said the US under Bush’s regime is Israel’s worst ally. "In my opinion, maybe the worst ally Israel has had in Washington has been the George W. Bush administration, which hasn't worked to bring a permanent peace to Israel," he said. Carter who helped broker the Camp David Peace Accord, the first of its kind between Israel and an Arab Nation said a cease-fire is not enough to quell the unrest in the troubled region. He stressed the importance of a long-term solution and called on the international community to focus on sustainable peace. Commenting on the situation in Iraq, Carter advised that US troops be withdrawn from the country not later than end of the year. "In my opinion, we should make every effort now to withdraw American troops from Iraq. I would say certainly begin a major withdrawal no later than the end of this year," he stated. Meanwhile, fierce fighting has continued between Israeli forces and Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah attacks yesterday killed 10 Israelis in the northern part of the country, wounding at least 15 people. It is believed to be the heaviest rocket attack on Israel so far. Last week, Hezbollah fired a record 132 rockets into northern Israel, prompting a raid aimed at pushing the militants away from the border. An Israeli raid also killed about eight Lebanese. A United Nations (UN) draft to end the conflict has demanded that both sides in the conflict halt attacks immediately. However, the wording of the text which allows Israel to defend itself in the event of fresh attacks, and is yet to be finalised, is already causing ripples among Arab nations that view it as pro-Israel. The US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton said, "the immediate cessation by Hezbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military actions". The UN force currently in Lebanon is also expected to monitor any cease-fire. Israeli cabinet minister Isaac Herzog described the text as an "important development," while a Lebanese envoy to the UN, Nouhad Mahmoud, said "we would have liked to see our concerns more reflected in the text."
Poor Jimmah, still has a brain the size of a peanut.
Carter should know. He created most of this mess to begin with.
Worst. President. Ever!
Shouldn't this POS be swinging in the gallows?
In other news, the sun will rise in the east..
One would think someone in the press would note the irony.
Carter's heart may still be beating, but he is dead from the neck up, and has been for a long time.
Giving advise on foreign policy is something Peanut should not do. Stick with what works - hugging dictators.
Hostages. Many of them. Iran. Birth of Islamisist states. Ring a bell?
Carter need to lie down.
Oh yeah, the second or third biggest failure of a president ever condems a policy necessary because of his own failures. Carter sucked really bad as pres, but his middle east poilicy was probably his biggest single shortcoming.
What a friggin loser.
We should send Warren Christopher to Hezbollah to beg on his knees for peace. That worked like heck back when Jimmah tried that approach to getting our hostages back.
Man how I wish that Jimmy would follow his buddy Fidel to the grave...I am so sick of his treason.
Carter's head = Habitat for Stupidity.
Carter probably has as many brain cells left as there are parapraphs in the article.
What a silly w(r)abbit.
Why push for a cease fire, Jimma, when the IDF is kickin @ss, you worthless POS, and worst President of all times, and who is responsible for all of what is going on in the world right now with ISLAMISTS...Oh and also your wonderful monitoring of Chavez' election....
F....in traitor.. unbeliveable.. f...in traitor...You have youyr nerve.....
"Carter who helped broker the Camp David Peace Accord"
Might be useful to note that he is the last surviving participant of the dog and pony show he choreographed in a futile attempt at self-aggrandizement......oh yeah - he put khomeini into iran, too......bury this bastard with Castro or ahmedinejad!
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