Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' (Lashes out at Obama)

ABC News ^ | June 25, 2012 | Amy Bingham

[pistolpackinpapa]

A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists. Jimmy Carter, America's 39 th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights."

"Instead of making the world safer, America's violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends," Carter wrote.

While the total number of attacks from unmanned aircraft, or drones, and the resulting casualties are murky, the New America Foundation estimates that in Pakistan alone 265 drone strikes have been executed since January 2009 . Those strikes have killed at least 1,488 people, at least 1,343 of them considered militants, the foundation estimates based on news reports and other sources.

In addition to the drone strikes, Carter criticized the current president for keeping the Guantanamo Bay detention center open, where prisoners "have been tortured by waterboarding more than 100 times or intimidated with semiautomatic weapons, power drills or threats to sexually assault their mothers."

The former president blasted the government for allowing "unprecedented violations of our rights to privacy through warrantless wiretapping and government mining of our electronic communications."

[pistolpackinpapa]

Things just go from bad to worse for President Obama here lately. Now, Jimmy Carter is turning on him. I'M LOVIN' THIS!!!

[Feckless]

A case of the Socialist Douchebag calling the Marxist Scumbag what???????

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Jimmah must be a racist...

[Milagros]

Hypocrite Jimmy Carter and his assisting genocide by Islamic Indonesia on 200,000 Christian E. Timorese...

[ReformationFan]

Sounds like the peanut farmer’s upset that Maobama isn’t leftwing/anti-Israel enough for him.

[Gay State Conservative]

Jimmah’s just pi$$ed because he no longer holds the title of “Worst President Since WWII.

[datura]

Popcorn please!!!

[nothingnew]

Me too.

Plus, I always like hearing from the pimple on the hemorrhoid on the asshole of liberals.

FMCDH(BITS)

[wetgundog]

The pot calling the Kenyan BLACK!

[Sooth2222]

The second-worst US President (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) in history attacks the worst US President (and fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner) in history for committing international war crimes!

It doesn't get much better than this!

[chopperman]

Jimmah jus cant stand losin his title as:

Worst President Ever

[mkjessup]

My tagline says it all, and I stand by it.

[grey_whiskers]

That Racist Has-Been Carter is just annoyed that Obama is going to usurp Carter's position as Worst. President. Ever.^TM /Libtard>

Cheers!

[RatRipper]

Nearly the ONLY thing Zer0 has done during his term that I like and Jimmah the Smilin’ Commie rips him a good one.

[Jeff Chandler]

Hey Jimma! Go away.

[SolidRedState]

Jimmah must be a racist...

Amazing first thing to pop in my head also.

[Paladin2]

Jimmah is a CRACKER racist (and anti-semite).

[JPG]

"Sometimes when I look at all my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin."

- Lillian Carter (Jimmy's Mama)

[Farmer Dean]

“It doesn’t get much better than this!”
Actually it could get a hell of a lot better,but I doubt that either one of them has the guts to pick up the duelling pistol.

[The Antiyuppie]

He is the gift that keeps on giving.