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Cuckme4Life -> RE: President Jimmy Carter: Bush's impact "worst in history" (5/21/2007 10:30:45 AM)
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Are you seriously suggesting that becoming President in October 1977 he created the radical Islam of the Iranian revolution that began in January 1978? That is barely three months, it is a ridiculous suggestion.
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3 months eh? Try this timeframe then. 50 US hostages were held from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981. Take your 3 months and stick it somewhere. My USMC loyalty has alot to say about this one issue alone, so dont get me started. Now on to the "real" Carter legacy.
Carter himself was not the catalyst, but the Western world in general. Being a Shah supporter was the tool the Islamic radicals of the 70s used to overthrow their government of that time. Along with Carters insistence to align the USA with the Saudis. Understand that to the Islamic world, this was backing up the royal family known for unreasonable treatment of their own citizens , and not about "protecting oil interests". Beside this fact, radical Islam has always existed. The Ayatollah Khomeini, coming out of banishment from Iran his own self, rallied up the Persian factions into a frenzy to the point of running out the Shah of Iran. The Shah was Western oriented in his beliefs. Iran was the by far the most modernized Middle Eastern nation in the 1970s. And then practically overnight, Iran went back to being a 3rd world country because of their radical Islamic faction gaining control. Laws concerning religion and freedom changed immediately. Iranians were losing their lives based on religious creeds and for not going with the "program". The Iranian refugees who scattered across Europe and elsewhere were countless. I had an Iranian neighbor who was on an American Naval ship that was told if he left that ship to go home, he would be killed immediately as he touched foot on his native Iranial soil. He ended up an American citizen and stayed on the host ship to get to the States, leaving behind his own family of brothers and sisters and all that he knew. The Iranian Revolution was a disaster, and unfortunately for Carter, he will have to live with that legacy along with Russian invasions into numerous countries on his watch as he was too wimpy to face the Russians eye to eye about. Now he did give a few cute speeches doing that big bad saber rattling, but reality is, Carter as a president was a total disaster. A total disaster, and to re-iterate in case someone does not get it, A TOTAL DISASTER.
A few reminders below, quotes of the worse President in the history of the United States: Read carefully please?
"The single biggest factor in the inflation rate last year, the increase in the inflation rate last year, was from one cause: the skyrocketing prices of OPEC oil. We must take whatever actions are necessary to reduce our dependence on foreign oil--and at the same time reduce inflation." -- Carter (skyrocketing oil prices? I thought this was only a BUSH issue!! Oh how easy the American public is yanked into believing bullshit and forget the truth)
"I'm determined that the United States will remain the strongest of all nations, but our power will never be used to initiate a threat to the security of any nation or to the rights of any human being"--Carter (in other words, rogue countries can crap all over us and we wont do anything but get some of that wonderful Neville Chamberlain mentality in our system)
"The American people are making progress in energy conservation. Last year we reduced overall petroleum consumption by 8 percent and gasoline consumption by 5 percent below what it was the year before. Now we must do more."-- Carter (whats NOT being said here is things like the Japanese autos explosion > Autos with 4 cylinder engines are now being imported in massive shiploads and Americans are buying them up left and right to deal with the out of control gas prices. The gigantic 8 cylinder engines are becoming a dinosaur. Not to mention an American car at that time was usually a total piece of crap that one was lucky to get 4 years usage out of it and the big 3 auto makers wanted you to be a good lil American patriot, wave your little flags, and go buy another piece of crap every 4 years.. Ever head of a little company called DATSUN??? Then along came the Toyota, then Nissan and Isuzu not long after? The Japanese built themselves a wealthy ass nation off our weakness for that foreign oil. Thats the real truth about energy conservation no one talks about. Carter policy my ass!! Common Laws of Economics and Consumption ran with this baby
Should I also mention US sovereignty over the Panama Canal Zone was given away? American hands died digging and developing that canal, as well as American money was spent building it. Carter gave it away like one would give away tomatoes to the next door neighbor. What a blunder!! What if a nonfriendly government in Panama takes it over and tells us we cannot use the same canal we built?? What are we going to do? Negotiate for years and years? Make big bad sabre-rattling speeches? YEP!!! And in the end, we still do not use the canal, do we?
Carter speaking about Bush`s Presidency, is definitely the pot calling the kettle black. I remember the 70s all too well. I remember eating alot of dried beans and corn bread (and sometimes potatoes if we were lucky) during his era, ok? Carter was such a weak and wimpy president I am surprised even to this day that we as a nation are not speaking RUSSIAN, and I am not joking about that one single bit. The most hapless idiot to ever live in the White House is trying to pin HIS OWN LEGACY of being the worse President upon Bush is a sham and a flat out lie. Bush has his faults, but compared to Carter, that comment doesnt hold water.
I did not even touch the subject of the economy of his time. Except for bean eating and an occasional treat to some potatoes.
""Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits." -- Isaiah (Something Carter should have crammed up his ignorant asshole until he gets it)
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