In The Times on Saturday, May 3, 2008 (p5A) Robin Harbin tries to re-write history when it comes to Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter is an embarrassment to Georgia and the U.S.–more now than when he was president. You can draw a direct line from Jimmy to 9-11. Bet she did not read that in his library. Twisting your friends’ arms to make a deal with the Devil is hardly laudatory no matter what you call it. When you have only one friend in the world you don’t throw them under the bus. Does the name Manuel Noriega mean anything to her either? He owed his dictatorship franchise to Jimmy. Manuel didn’t use furry kittens on his opponents. Georgia will have to wait at least another generation to regain any political credibility for the White House. If Jimmy got what he deserved it would not be in a library, nor in Plains, it would be somewhere dark and foreboding, where the victims of his pacifism where tortured and died.
We all want peace and freedom. However sometimes you have to prioritize. If you want peace more, you lay down and give up your freedom. That was Jimmy’s philosophy. If you want freedom more, you fight for it. That is what true Americans do. That is what we have always done. That is what we will do despite Jimmy and his ilk. Count on it!
Even Jimmy realized his folly when he authorized nukes in Europe at the end of his tenure. He then has since forgotten.
Thanks goodness Jane Browder’s letter is on the same page. As usual, Jane brings sanity back into the Debate. Unfortunately Jane’s letter is not available on The Times (online) , otherwise I would provide a link here.
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