May 20th, 2007

Carter vs. Bush

Posted by Drew at 9:55 pm

Former President Jimmy Carter has been speaking his mind on President Bush lately:

Britain’s support for the war in Iraq was a “major tragedy” for the world, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Saturday, as he criticized Tony Blair’s unwavering support for President Bush.

Asked how he would judge Blair’s support of Bush, Carter said: “Abominable. Loyal. Blind. Apparently subservient.”

“And I think the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world,” Carter told British Broadcasting Corp. radio.

Carter also told an American newspaper that Bush’s administration is “the worst in history” in international relations, taking aim at the White House’s policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy.

The article continues: 

“I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history,” Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper’s Saturday editions. “The overt reversal of America’s basic values as expressed by previous administrations, including those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the most disturbing to me.”

Read the entire article here.

The White House fired back:

White House spokesman Tony Fratto shot back Sunday from Crawford, Texas, where Bush spent the weekend.

“I think it’s sad that President Carter’s reckless personal criticism is out there,” said Fratto. “I think it’s unfortunate. And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with these kinds of comments.”

Read this article here.

We agree with you 100%, Mr. Carter.

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