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| Carter can’t keep piehole closed, blasts Bush on North Korea |
| 2003-09-05 |
| Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday that flexibility between the United States and North Korea is the key to resolving the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear program, a standoff that he called "the greatest threat in the world to regional and global peace." (Hmmm I thought you (Jimmy) went over there and talked them out of nuclear weapons?) The 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate said North Korea needs to agree to complete inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency and abandon any plans to become a nuclear power and the United States needs to make a "firm commitment" that it will not attack. Attack? Why we need another country to feed? Carter should give back that ‘Peace Prize’ and hide his head in shame. Carter, on a trip to Japan and China to promote the peace and health programs of his Atlanta-based Carter Center, said the matter warrants "the top priority in the international community at this time." (Maybe the PRC can let him stay there?) Carter accused the Bush administration of aggravating tensions between the United States and North Korea, which he called a "paranoid nation." (Right Jimmy, we helped them restart the reactor!) "The United States has refused direct talks, has branded North Korea as an axis of evil, has declared an end to no first use of atomic weapons, ... has invaded Iraq, and has been intercepting North Korean ships at sea, and has condemned the peace initiatives of [President] Kim Young-sam of South Korea and President Clinton in the United States," he said. So that’s the answer! Follow the devine guidance of Jimmy and Billy? These two have done more than enough damage to world peace. I guess he was not satisfied with the mess he and Bill created while in office and wants to ride roughshod over any future U.S. policy. He kind of reminds me of the crazy uncle that every family has. |
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) |
| #12 You gotta admit, as President... he was a helluva peanut farmer. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-5 11:42:54 PM |
| #11 I hereby nominate Jimmy and Billy-bob to be the next crew of the Space Shuttle. With any luck, it'll be a one-way trip. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-9-5 9:02:28 PM |
| #10 Anonymous, I agree with your economic damage with some reservations: 1. SK is a large economy with repsect to other area states but not with respect to the world market. 2. Many of the industrials outputs of SK are susidized. Removing those businesses from the market will just ship production to other areas of the world. For example, Hyundai's lost production will be replaced by Toyota or another competitor due to excess capacity in the industry in which I work. Very few of SK's products are unique. NK is definitiely a concern to the US, UN, and EU. Everyone has an interest in solving this problem especially the NK's who are starving. Casrters idea that the US should take the lead in this issue is moronic. While it is true that the US is a stakeholder, but the idea that we should bargain for the fate of the people of Seoul without SK represented at the table is laughable. The solution that Carter negotiated with NK was the worst form of duct tape. I would not be pleased if I lived in Seoul. This problem must be dealt with rationally and methodically - not like somehting that you want to get out of the way before th election cycle. I would think Jimmy was smarter. Maybe Billy is sneaking out in his suit. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-5 9:00:45 PM |
| #9 Super Hose - when the economy of asia is zapped because of these aholes we will all be feeling it- yes it is regional but in the end it is a worry for everyone. as for the countries you mentioned as long as the american cowboy keeps standing at the front of the line with countries like Nkor they will never feel threatened. as for carter he is the Chamberlin of our time - appeasement will never work. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-5 8:15:27 PM |
| #8 From another USNA grad, I need to say this in JC's defense. When he worked onboard nuke subs, they didn't know as much and some of the officer staterooms were awful close to the reactor core. Its a trajedy. Jimmy sees NK as a threat to world peace. I see NK as a threat to the regional peace of South Korea, China, Russia and Japan. I doubt that Germany, Norway or Brazil feel the slightess threat from Kim. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-5 7:33:17 PM |
| #7 Jimmy needs to get a clue. We fired him. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-9-5 6:22:44 PM |
| #6 Jimmy Carter: The Ex-President that wouldn't dry up and blow away. Doesn't he have ALOT more houses to build or something? What does he REALLY know about making hard decisions? Didn't he fudge the hostage crisis back in the day? Or was that his whole term? That's right! It was both! Then there was that relatively recent North Korean nuke deal that the Grand Pigmy suckered him on. Funnier yet was that he cock blocked Clinton on that fiasco. Jimmy, it's 2003! You're not the president anymore. Go away. Go back to farming peanuts you yahoo. |
| Posted by: Paul 2003-9-5 5:33:37 PM |
| #5 "The United States has refused direct talks [yeah, Jimmy, like only two parties have a stake in this], has branded North Korea as an axis of evil [Dubya calls 'em like he sees 'em, and I like that], has declared an end to no first use of atomic weapons [why tie one hand behind our backs with this maniac?], ... has invaded Iraq [for lots of good reasons], and has been intercepting North Korean ships [loaded with false manifests and hidden missiles] at sea, and has condemned the peace initiatives of [President] Kim Young-sam of South Korea and President Clinton in the United States [who in eight years did nothing except further NKor's nuke program]," he said. How did this Naval Academy grad, former governor, and former president ever get to be sooooo stupid? Some festering low-level peanut allergy? |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-9-5 5:18:29 PM |
| #4 Let them eat shit. |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-9-5 4:47:49 PM |
| #3 Carter wouldn't know a pie if it hit him in the face. His appeasement of Kimmie came to naught and he has branded the fool by everyone but himself. Pot calling the kettle black when he rails on GW. Jimmah needs to live with the fact that his actions have enabled Kimmie to keep up the brutality of his sick regime. Jimmah the humanitarian, hah! If vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-9-5 4:45:35 PM |
| #2 Yea.. Appeasement will work. After all it worked to keep Nazi Germany from invading europe and it worked to keep Iran from invading our embassy there and taking hostages. The fact is that N Korea is desperate. Their people are starving and their government has totally failed them so they are resorting to nuclear blackmail of their neighbors. Do you think they would give a shait about selling nukes to terrorists? The fact is that the N Korean government has been known to export hard drugs. This may not bother some people but it bothers me. The fact is that N Korea has already made (and broke) agreements not to develope nukes - both with the US (yes Clinton!) and S Korea....which leads us to... The fact is that the NK government (kimmie) cannot be trusted to abide by its treaties. Kim Jong II is a farking liar. Maybe Carter should go tell all this to Kimmie... |
| Posted by: GregJ 2003-9-5 4:39:12 PM |
| #1 I must simply post the link to the classic Cox and Forkum cartoon; http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000026.html |
| Posted by: Craig 2003-9-5 4:36:29 PM |