Jimmy Carter used to be a decent man, even if I disagreed with his politics. From Habitat for Humanity to the NDI, the organizations he associates himself with do much good for the world. I wonder how and exactly when he took a wrong turn. Jimmy has become a supporter of some of the worst tyrants in the world, and rather ignorantly extols the virtues of cultures that spawn suicide bombers. Has he succumbed to senility?
Alan Derschowitz has called Jimmy to task in a new article published at
Huffington Post, a site that normally idolizes liberal fools like Jimmy. I learned of it via
LGF.
I like Jimmy Carter. I have known him since he began his run for president in early 1976. I worked hard for his election, and I have admired the work of the Carter Center throughout the world. That's why it troubles me so much that this decent man has written such an indecent book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
How is it that otherwise rational people lose all perspective when it comes to Jews? What's the deal? Israel is the only democracy (and the only stable, prosperous country) in the Middle East. And they're our ally. To support Israel's enemies, who shoot rockets into civilian areas while shielded by still more civilians, and encourage their populations to become suicide bombers, is very, very strange.
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