Who cares who is on whose side? Jimmy Carter didn't come out on this issue until others had spoken up. For all we know, he chose to support the President just to spite the Clintons, whom he doesn't like. Or maybe he knew that if he supported it people like you would stampede to the anti-Dubai position. Jimmy Carter's peanut brain and weird motivations don't concern me. I DO pay attention to people like Tommy Franks, however.
If Tommy says it's okay...that's good enough for me.