Well, that’s great news. Israel can forget about incidents like this one in Syria, with Iranian engineers. Israel can also forget about Iranian-funded Hezbollah missiles. Jimmy Carter has spoken.
Former President Jimmy Carter said that he does not think Iran poses an immediate threat to Israel, despite claims by Iranian officials that they have drawn up bombing plans if the Jewish state should attack.
Speaking on Wednesday at Emory University, Carter, who brokered the 1979 Camp David peace accord between Israel and Egypt, said Israel’s superior military power and distance from Iran likely are enough to discourage an actual attack.
“Iran is quite distant from Israel,” said Carter, 83. “I think it would be almost inconceivable that Iran would commit suicide by launching one or two missiles of any kind against the nation of Israel.”
That’s what I like to see. In-depth analysis from the former leader of the free world. “Iran is quite distant from Israel.” And please note how Iran says they’ve got 600 missiles aimed at Israel, and yet Carter says they’re launch “one or two.”
Responding to a question from an Emory student during a public forum, Carter did not dismiss the desire of the Iranian government to attack Israel, noting a nuclear program Iran’s leaders claim is to fuel nuclear reactors, not make weapons.
“Obviously, we all hope we can do whatever we can to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear power,” Carter said.
And there you have the answer, from the man who gave us the Iranian revolution, uncut: Let’s “hope” that Iran doesn’t get nukes. Howsabout we work towards it instead, Jimmah?
How is it that people actually care to listen to what he has to say anymore? He’s utterly bought and paid for by the Arabs. His policies have all failed. His diplomacy enabled North Korea to get nukes, Yasser Arafat to screw his people, Israel, and the world, he helped Chavez get elected and praised the Hamas victory as “free and democratic.”
Oh, never mind. This man simply disgusts me.
Jimmy Carter is an Iranian lackey!!
Every American, certainly every Christian, should be ashamed of him. I certainly am.
I just do not get Carter anymore. Maybe it’s senility. Some people do tend to get more liberal as they age.
Given Carter’s track record of diplomatic relations with Iran, he technically should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail just for having the absolute gall to open his mouth on that subject.
This glorified peanut farmer refuses to accept any responsibility for what happened in Persia during his limited term, and the current consequences of his inaction.
Its either dementia setting in, or the left wing still kissing his ass that keeps this fool spouting his continuous stream of nonsense.
And I voted for this idiot twice!
Jimmy Carter is an honorable man. He believed in and believes in Liberalism. And he practices it to the hilt. He’s no different than Pelosi/Heid/Kennedy/Murtha/Obama or any of the others. The Clintons aren’t Liberal, they’re opportunists. Ahem. At any rate, what he’s saying is no different than the Democrat platform for the last election, the only difference is he spends more time undermining Israel than America. The rest of them do both.
Robert
“Jimmy Carter is an honorable man.”
Bullsh*t. Carter is a fanatic, obsessed antisemitic hatemonger. I saw him years ago, long before the present controversy, being interviewed on TV by Bill Moyers. He referred to Jews as the “chosen people” sarcastically, his voice and expression dripping with contempt and venom. I could not believe that a former President of the US was spouting off like David Duke. There is no question WHATSOEVER that he is as much of a Jew-hater as Duke, Louis Farrakhan or Pat Buchanan.
Sorry, Gary, I guess the sarcasm in “Jimmy Carter is an honorable man” didn’t come through in print as well as I thought it would… My apologies, I do agree with you, I just wanted to point out that he’s really no different than the rest of the Democrats, including Farrakahn, Jackson, and Sharpton…
Robert
Robert, thanks for the clarification!
We have to be careful with sarcasm, sometimes it can come across the opposite of what we intend, and it certainly did in this case!
The sad thing is that when this fool spoke at Brandeis University a few month ago, the liberal Jews in the audience gave him a standing ovation just for showing up.
Allow me to show you an example of Liberal Colored Glasses:
ISLAM LEAFLET SCHOOL BUST
September 19, 2007 — A Queens teen was arrested yesterday after placing fliers in his teachers’ mailboxes asking them to convert to Islam – then made threats once he was caught, authorities said.
Yaseen Chowdhury, 17, of Woodside, wrote the fliers himself and put them in the mailboxes at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights, sources said.
When confronted there about the fliers, he made unspecified verbal threats, according to the sources.
Chowdhury was charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
A Department of Education spokesman did not return a call seeking comment.
The student’s religion was not immediately known.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09192007/news/regionalnews/islam_leaflet_school_bust.htm
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Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what religion Yaseen is?
In other words, Liberal Colored Glasses let you see only what you want to see…
Robert
Allow me to show you an example of Liberal Colored Glasses:
Read this:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09192007/news/regionalnews/islam_leaflet_school_bust.htm
Anyone want to hazard a guess as to what religion Yaseen is?
In other words, Liberal Colored Glasses let you see only what you want to see…
Robert