Posted on 08/15/2017 4:20:05 PM PDT by Enchante
ATLANTA - Former United States President Jimmy Carter released a statement Thursday after the recent comments made back and forth between United States officials and North Korea.
Here is the statement:
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"The harsh rhetoric from Washington and Pyongyang during recent months has exacerbated an already confrontational relationship between our countries, and has probably eliminated any chance of good faith peace talks between the United States and North Korea. In addition to restraining the warlike rhetoric, our leaders need to encourage talks between North Korea and other countries, especially China and Russia. The recent UN Security Council unanimous vote for new sanctions suggests that these countries could help. In all cases, a nuclear exchange must be avoided. All parties must assure North Koreans they we will forego any military action against them if North Korea remains peaceful.
"I have visited North Korea three times, and have spent more than 20 hours in discussions with their political leaders regarding important issues that affect U.S.-DPRK relations.
"In June 1994, I met with Kim Il Sung in a time of crisis, when he agreed to put all their nuclear programs under strict supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and to seek mutual agreement with the United States on a permanent peace treaty, to have summit talks with the president of South Korea, to expedite the recovery of the remains of American service personnel buried in his country, and to take other steps to ease tension on the peninsula. Kim Il Sung died shortly after my visit, and his successor, Kim Jong Il, notified me and leaders in Washington that he would honor the promises made by his father. These obligations were later confirmed officially in negotiations in Geneva by Robert Gallucci and other representatives of the Clinton administration.
"I returned to Pyongyang in August 2010, at the invitation of North Korean leaders, to bring home Aijalon Gomes, an American who had been detained there. My last visit to North Korea was in May 2011 when I led a delegation of Elders (former presidents of Ireland and Finland and former prime minister of Norway) to assure the delivery of donated food directly to needy people.
"During all these visits, the North Koreans emphasized that they wanted peaceful relations with the United States and their neighbors, but were convinced that we planned a preemptive military strike against their country. They wanted a peace treaty (especially with America) to replace the ceasefire agreement that had existed since the end of the Korean War in 1953, and to end the economic sanctions that had been very damaging to them during that long interim period. They have made it clear to me and others that their first priority is to assure that their military capability is capable of destroying a large part of Seoul and of responding strongly in other ways to any American attack. The influence of China in Pyongyang seems to be greatly reduced since Kim Jong Un became the North Korean leader in December 2011.
"A commitment to peace by the United States and North Korea is crucial. When this confrontational crisis is ended, the United States should be prepared to consummate a permanent treaty to replace the ceasefire of 1953. The United States should make this clear, to North Koreans and to our allies."
Jimmah, nobody likes a back-seat driver. Just shut up.
Yesirree, we are at fault for the Norks threatening to shoot nukes at us.
What a stool!
“In June 1994, I met with Kim Il Sung in a time of crisis, when he agreed to put all their nuclear programs under strict supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and to seek mutual agreement with the United States on a permanent peace treaty, to have summit talks with the president of South Korea, to expedite the recovery of the remains of American service personnel buried in his country, and to take other steps to ease tension on the peninsula. Kim Il Sung died shortly after my visit, and his successor, Kim Jong Il, notified me and leaders in Washington that he would honor the promises made by his father. These obligations were later confirmed officially in negotiations in Geneva by Robert Gallucci and other representatives of the Clinton administration.”
Well Jimmah they did not develop their nuclear weapons overnight. What a tool this guy is.
Jimmuh gave us the Reagan Revolution.
Nice seeing history repeat itself.
Jimmy Carter has no credibility. It’s a total waste of time to consider, even for a moment, anything he says. I’m already sorry I wasted my time to say this.
Sure. Prattle from the incompetent dumbass who had our people held hostage for 444 days. He knows everything.
Jimmy Carter...every dictator’s favorite toilet brush.
President Carter. Thank you for your service, and God bless you for the work you’ve done for the homeless. I hope your health continues to preserve you, and that your days are happy and fulfilling.
That said, if you love America, then I ask you to please look objectively at your opinions and actions. North Korea has nukes, in very large measure, because of you and Bill Clinton. You helped to negotiate the deal that essentially funded the nuclear program of this Chinese surrogate nation. Your lack of foresight and objective reasoning, along with Albright and Clinton, led to a short-term diplomatic ‘victory’ you could all share and prop your egos up with, but ultimate put nuclear weapons in the hands of a ruthless dictator whose people starve while he rolls out ICBMs and brags to the world how he can destroy the US. That is not a legacy you should be proud of, and however you want to spin it, it is a fair and accurate depiction of what happened.
Appeasement is weakness. Standing up for principle is dangerous in the short-term, but essential in the long-term. Further, anytime you verbally place the US President, no matter who it is, on level terms with a dictator who has threatened to attack us with nuclear weapons, you are betraying your nation.
He’s as delusional as McLiar, as if anyone gives a cr@p about their silly opinions.
Hey Jimmuh, you crazy old coot: you were a horrible one term failed president. Reagan destroyed you in a humiliating landslide.
Shut up and go away.
carter, the Biggest Loser, is such a quisling weakling. His idiocy and hate-America foreign policy contributes greatly to our current circumstances. What a peanut-brained putz. Isn’t his brain half eaten-away by cancer? I guess nobamacare has kept him alive.
Absolute moron with the brain of a peanut, and not a triple, but just a double.
He is such a dishonest douche bag. He needs to get back to his prayers
There is a long list of people about whom I have zero interest in or the slightest desire to listen to their opinions. Dismal Jimmah is in the top 20% of this list
Michael Corleone ... [Hyman Roth] has been dying of the same heart attack for 20 years.:
It wasn’t terminal.
Actually it’s Truman’s fault.
Wow, I never thought of that. Somebody quick tell Trump to just avoid a nuclear exchange. Just that one thing, in all cases.
Imagine if in all cases, you didn't drink arsenic - it would have to be in ALL cases, but then think of it -> the effects of drinking arsenic could be avoided entirely.
And i'm sure it's some form of concentrated stupidity, even though I haven't read it.
Clueless bastard!!!
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