Lift the Carters' Passports; Prosecute Them; And Put Them Up Into The Attic Where Senescent, "Crazy Old Uncles" Used to Be Warehoused !

Submitted by mariana (United States), Apr 18, 2008 at 14:27

Interesting column, Carmen. May I add a bit to your being ">...especially disgusted with former president Carter's allegiance to terrorist Islam, and Islam in general" ?

Carter's allegiances extend to anyone and everyone any Republican Administration deems anti-social, dangerous or unworthy to be considered a legitimate part of "the Family of Nations". I believe Carter is a self-aggrandizing, hypocritical, sanctimonious would-be tyrant, who actively hates America and all things American - particularly our Liberty, because it interferes with his concept of "what's good for us" .

">...Either Carter is ignorant about Islam, or he is touched by senility. Or, Carter's motive simply is antisemitism."

My guess, given his book equating Israel with S. African Apartheid, his chronic, incoherent behaviour, and the disorientation his "world view" demonstrates - he is probably all three.

">...Muslim leaders are either openly or covertly against Israel and the US." Precisely. So, alas, is most of Europe.

The problem with Old Europe is that they want to eat [our] cake, and still have it. They love their anti-Semitism, because it has always been the "nifty" rationale to explain away their socialist failures. They've created an environment that is welcoming of other anti-Semites [especially Muslim Arab and African Islamists], without bothering to find out what other things their new "guests" are "anti". Now that the brighter among them have figured out that the Islamists they've imported are "anti-European and anti-democratic" as well... that their intention is to obliterate and replace all things "European" with Islamist States and Shari'a Law, they're becoming "uncomfortable". This also, typifies arrogant, ignorant Euro-behaviour for Centuries.

Back to Jimmy Carter. There is in American Law, long ago passed by the US Congress - a Statute called the Logan Act, which enjoins all save the President's duly appointed [or dispatched] representatives from carrying out American Foreign Policy or even meeting [negotiating] with Foreign Leaders [particularly those the US explicitly refuses to "recognize"; e.g. Iran & Syria, Hamas & Hizbullah].

Democrat politicians have felt free to breach the Logan Act for years, particularly during successive Republican Administrations. Sen. Chris Dodd and [then House] Speaker Tip O'Niell [whose sister was a "Liberation Theology" practicing Nun in Central America] and several others, felt free during the Reagan Presidency, to screw-around with the Ortega Bros., Fidel Castro, and any other totalitarian dictators they could "reach out" to.... and they did it with impunity. Just recently, Speaker Nancy Pelosi - "covered" her head, exposed her 70-year old "surgically crafted" thighs, and met with Bashar al-Assad in Syria; again, contrary to the foreign policy of the elected Administration, Constitutionally given sole responsibility over intercourse with alien nations and individuals.

The question is: Will the GW Bush administration [replete with liberal, Democrat bureaucracies in the Justice and State Departments and a Democrat Majority Congress] take away the Carters' passports, and put him up into "the attic" where "crazy uncles" used to be warehoused? mariana

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