I feel that Jimmy Carter is a decent person and he is someone who I consider a good hearted person. BUT..... he is the type of person I would not want raising my children. It's very easy to choose the path of least resistance as a parent, and I believe Jeema Catta chose the path of least resistance while he was the President.
For example: In 1979 we were faced with a hostile takeover of our Embassy in Iran just after President Carter decided not to back the Shah of Iran when he was being over-run by the radical fundementalist in his country. Jeema Catta refused to come to the defense of a loyal friend like the Shah.
When the Iranian so-called students stormed our embassy in Iran, Jeema Catta decided he would not make a stand against the clear and present danger these radicals represented. For 444 days this nation was held hostage by these finatics and Jeema Catta did NOTHING to stop these two bit thugs who could have been destroyed in a matter of hours if Jeema Catta had the cajones to face the challenge.
... just explaining why I'm not responding much to your Carter dissertations ;).