In the 1980's Jimmy Carter ignored the serious problem in Iran and allowed a Fundamentalist Freak take over the country of Iran. While the Shah of Iran was not the nicest man in the world, he was fighting what we now know was the worst enemy ever to face any civilized nation.
The taking of Iran by extremists ended with the destruction of Iran. The teachers and educational system were destroyed and rebuilt in the image of the Wahabi Sect. Its goal to destroy the "Great Satan".
This legitimized the movement and gave it a home.
This was the beginning of the world wide development of terror by Islamic Extremists.
In other words... Jimmy Carter started us down the road and is now trying desperately to lay the blame off on ANY one.
I feel sorry for our Elderly Statesman. His comments about this country, Tony Blair and the Bush Administration show a severe problem with logic. The world has changed. Our ways of dealing with terror have to change post 9-11. Another attack similar to 9-11 could cripple the economy, and destroy the nation and the world economies. This is the ultimate goal of Ossama Bin Laden.
With the world in chaos, Ossama and his fundamentalist religion offer hope to people with no hope.
If the world and Mr. Carter fail to understand this then only time stands between the world domination of Fundamentalist Ideology.
If this occurs, people like Mr. Carter will be the first to die at the hands of the extremists. The people who make it possible for Ossama to defeat this country will be the first targets of the purge in Christianity and non Islamic Religions. It is what happened in Iran after the Shah of Iran was deposed, by the Ayatollah Homeini.
Mr. Carter was an irrelevant president in our history EXCEPT for his giving birth to the current Islamic Fundamentalist Ideology by allowing the Ayatollah to take Iran in the first place.
Were Iran still in the US sphere or influence, the attacks of 9-1- most likely would not have occurred. Sadam Hussein would likely still be working with the US instead of plotting our demise only to end with his own.
Mr. Carter is desperate to NOT be the WORST president ever, and will do nothing short of shaming himself to try to put his mistakes and the resulting mess on to a Republican Administration.
I voted for Mr. Carter 2 times. Looking back I know now I was wrong. Age has made me realize what I learned in College was true. Extremist Muslim fundamentalists are evil and are willing to kill everyone on the planet in Honor or Allah. If we do not kill them first they will kill us.
Mr. Carter has never learned this lesson. I believe if he should ever meet Mr. Bin Laden in person he might change his mind.
That is my take on it.
Jim Dicken
