Carter: Only a Free Palestine Can Stop Israeli 'Catastrophe'

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This time Carter is right. Palestinians need a country. It will give them a new focus and they will have nobody to blame for their problems but their own government. It is very important for these people to be able to built national pride, to get to work for their own good, to have passports and identity. Right now their are like unwanted children dispersed around the world seeking a better life...

I live through his administration... you dead wrong, King. Go back and read history. Carter was elected over Gerald Ford in 1976. His tenure was a time of continuing inflation, the energy crisis and conflicts around the world. The final year of his administration was marred by the Iran hostage crisis which contributed to his loss in his 1980 campaign for re-election to Ronald Reagan. Yes, Carter's presidency has received mixed assessments from scholars and historians. In historical rankings of U.S. presidents, the Carter presidency has ranged from #19 to #34. Although Carter's presidency was viewed by some as a failure when he left office in 1981, his extensive peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts since that time have led him to be widely hailed as one of the most successful ex-presidents in U.S. history. In 1982, he established The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, to advance human rights and alleviate unnecessary human suffering. The non-profit, nongovernmental Center promotes democracy, mediates and prevents conflicts, and monitors the electoral process in support of free and fair elections. It also works to improve global health through the control and eradication of diseases such as Guinea worm disease, river blindness, malaria, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis. It also works to diminish the stigma against mental illnesses and improve nutrition through increased crop production in Africa. A major accomplishment of The Carter Center has been the elimination of more than 99 percent of cases of Guinea worm disease, a debilitating parasite that has existed since ancient times, from an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 to fewer than 10,000 cases in 2007.[42] The Carter Center has monitored 70 elections in 28 countries since 1989.[43] It has worked to resolve conflicts in Haiti, Bosnia, Ethiopia, North Korea, Sudan and other countries. Carter and the Center actively support human rights defenders around the world and have intervened with heads of state on their behalf. In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work "to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development" through The Carter Center. So you talk trash about someone who far exceeded any of our own achievements and is considered to have accomplished more after his term in office than any other President in US history.

If Carter is for it....it's bound to be wrong....Bombs awaaaaaay....