(Jimmy Carter)Father of the Iranian revolution

JPost ^ | Jun. 20, 2007 | MICHAEL D. EVANS

[IrishMike]

We just don't get it. The Left in America is screaming to high heaven that the mess we are in in Iraq and the war on terrorism has been caused by the right-wing and that George W. Bush, the so-called "dim-witted cowboy," has created the entire mess.

The truth is the entire nightmare can be traced back to the liberal democratic policies of the leftist Jimmy Carter, who created a firestorm that destabilized our greatest ally in the Muslim world, the shah of Iran, in favor of a religious fanatic, the ayatollah Khomeini.

Carter viewed Khomeini as more of a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution than a founding father of modern terrorism. Carter's ambassador to the UN, Andrew Young, said "Khomeini will eventually be hailed as a saint." Carter's Iranian ambassador, William Sullivan, said, "Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure." Carter adviser James Bill proclaimed in a Newsweek interview on February 12, 1979 that Khomeini was not a mad mujahid, but a man of "impeccable integrity and honesty."

The shah was terrified of Carter. He told his personal confidant, "Who knows what sort of calamity he [Carter] may unleash on the world?"

Let's look at the results of Carter's misguided liberal policies: the Islamic Revolution in Iran; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (Carter's response was to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics); the birth of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization; the Iran-Iraq War, which cost the lives of millions dead and wounded; and yes, the present war on terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

WHEN CARTER entered the political fray in 1976, America was still riding the liberal wave of anti-Vietnam War emotion. Carter asked for an in-depth report on Iran and was persuaded that the shah was not fit to rule Iran.

[John Valentine]

On the money! Carter and Brzreinski are the architects of most of the really serious problems we have in the world today.

[cpdiii]

What motivates Jimmy Carter?

A. He is Anti-American?
B. He is a socialist?
C. He is antisemitic?
D. He is a closet Marxist?
E. He is a left wing raving moonbat?
F. He is a bitter senile old man who knows his presidency
was a total failure and has turned his anger and bile
against his own country for rejecting him for the
pathetic figure he is.
G. ALL OF THE ABOVE AND SOME I PROBABLY LEFT OUT.

[IrishMike]

1976 was a banner year for pacifism:
Carter was elected president,
Bill Clinton became attorney-general of Arkansas,
Albert Gore won a place in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

[sonic109]

The truth is the entire nightmare can be traced back to the liberal democratic policies of the leftist Jimmy Carter,
BINGO..Give this man a cigar !!!!!!!!!!!!

[ketsu]

The truth is the entire nightmare can be traced back to the liberal democratic policies of the leftist Jimmy Carter, BINGO..Give this man a cigar !!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually it was Ike and the Brits fault. The Brits wanted their oil money and a silly little thing like Democracy wasn't going to stop them.

[ChurtleDawg]

however odious Carter can be, he is not the cause of the Iranian revolution. the root cause was the shah and his repressive policies, which after more than 25 years had alienated the Iranian population. it was only after the revolution started that it was taken over by the Islamist radicals.

fact is, this article is long on rhetoric and short on real understanding of the events

[magslinger]

F. He is a bitter senile old man who knows his presidency was a total failure and has turned his anger and bile against his own country for rejecting him for the pathetic figure he is.

I don't think he is senile. As far as I can tell, he was always like that.

I'm not sure all of the world's ills are his fault, but if you blame him for everything, you will be right oftener than you are wrong.

[Dixie Yooper]

The worst thing about our country at the time of Carter’s election victory was that the majority of voters showed up to vote for someone who had nothing to do with President Nixon. Everyone thought they knew everything there was to know about Nixon, but Jimmy Who was just a harmless peanut farmer from Plains,GA. And he seamed liked suck a nice, peaceful man. Another 4 years of him as president would have destroyed us all.

[BuffaloJack]

Dhimmi Ahmedinecarter!

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1681380/posts
Jimmy Carter: The Untold Story

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787412/posts
The Ted Kennedy / Jimmy Carter KGB connections

[SolidWood]

1979 was also the wathershed moment of Middle Eastern Terrorism.
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan,
in Iran the Shah was toppled by the Islamic Revolution,
in Iraq Saddam Hussein took over.

[Calpernia]

Post 11, the one you left out.

[suffering_fools]

Bookmarked, my lids are finally getting heavy, but I do need to retain and/or relearn the facts the that dumb-bleep’s tenure.

[CORedneck]

Jimmy Carter, the gifts from that keep on giving and then some !

[true_blue_texican]

Jimmy, do the right thing for once; just die, d@mmit!

[discipler]

There ought to be a law against these liberal *%$*^# shooting their mouths off. Where is McCarthy who will out these socialists?

[IrishMike]

Great links.

[Paige]

Father means creator....Jimmah Cartah created the problems in Iran. Cartah went back on his word with the Shah and now we are dealing with a monster that is out of control.

[Coldwater Creek]

Or, Jimmy could just be plain STUPID!