Today in the Islamic world many people hate the US with a vengence. In South America despite the Monroe Doctrine, countries are re-electing Left of Centre Governments. The present President of Chile was tortured by Pinochet. He is on trial, but may not live long being sick. Many people disappeared under his Goverment. Thatcher was even a supporter. We rail about Saddam and yet not this man. Venezuala elects a left wing president, a coup is attempted and fails. He was recently re-elected.
The Palestinian issue continues. Jimmy Carter has written a book suggesting solutions. This would mean Israel giving up some land to keep the settlements on the West Bank. However Carter argues that the Jewish lobby is so strong in Washington nothing will change.
Now a committee suggests the war in Iraq is failing. It reccommends that Syria and Iram (axis of evil) be involved.
United States - Is is losing credibility
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Today in the Islamic world many people hate the US with a vengence.
No, you should rephrase it as, today, many in the Islamic world hate all Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc (including Muslims from other sects. See Sam Huntington for the details.
In South America despite the Monroe Doctrine, countries are re-electing Left of Centre Governments. The present President of Chile was tortured by Pinochet. He is on trial, but may not live long being sick. Many people disappeared under his Goverment. Thatcher was even a supporter. We rail about Saddam and yet not this man.
Where are the widespread protests on the left about Castro and his murderous regime?
Venezuala elects a left wing president, a coup is attempted and fails. He was recently re-elected.
I have a co-worker who is from Vanezuela. The previous presidental election was stolen by Chavez. One just has to contrast the exit pools with the supposed results.
The Palestinian issue continues. Jimmy Carter has written a book suggesting solutions. This would mean Israel giving up some land to keep the settlements on the West Bank. However Carter argues that the Jewish lobby is so strong in Washington nothing will change.
Israel withdrew from Gaza. The Arabs responded by missle attacks on Israel. Hamas wants to destroy Iarael. Iran has repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel. Carter makes a fine Chamberlain.
Europe's civilization is collapsing before our eyes. Muslims are murdering critics in the street (see Van Gogh). And you're worried about America's creditily. What about the credibility of the French, Putin, etc?
Now a committee suggests the war in Iraq is failing. It reccommends that Syria and Iram (axis of evil) be involved.
Stacked commission, pre-ordained recommendations.
No, you should rephrase it as, today, many in the Islamic world hate all Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc (including Muslims from other sects. See Sam Huntington for the details.
In South America despite the Monroe Doctrine, countries are re-electing Left of Centre Governments. The present President of Chile was tortured by Pinochet. He is on trial, but may not live long being sick. Many people disappeared under his Goverment. Thatcher was even a supporter. We rail about Saddam and yet not this man.
Where are the widespread protests on the left about Castro and his murderous regime?
Venezuala elects a left wing president, a coup is attempted and fails. He was recently re-elected.
I have a co-worker who is from Vanezuela. The previous presidental election was stolen by Chavez. One just has to contrast the exit pools with the supposed results.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14806The Carter-Chavez Connection
By Steven F. Hayward
FrontPageMagazine.com | August 26, 2004
In this morning’s Wall Street Journal online edition, Jimmy Carter attempts to respond to critics of his role in legitimizing the recent Venezuelan referendum on the loathsome Hugo Chavez regime. The nub of the problem is this: While exit polls conducted by the very reliable American firm of Penn, Schoen, and Berland showed Chavez losing by a large margin (59 – 41), the official results put Chavez free and clear by a vote of 58 to 41 percent.
How could the exit polls be nearly 40 points off? The short answer is, they weren’t.
The Palestinian issue continues. Jimmy Carter has written a book suggesting solutions. This would mean Israel giving up some land to keep the settlements on the West Bank. However Carter argues that the Jewish lobby is so strong in Washington nothing will change.
Israel withdrew from Gaza. The Arabs responded by missle attacks on Israel. Hamas wants to destroy Iarael. Iran has repeatedly threatened to destroy Israel. Carter makes a fine Chamberlain.
Europe's civilization is collapsing before our eyes. Muslims are murdering critics in the street (see Van Gogh). And you're worried about America's creditily. What about the credibility of the French, Putin, etc?
Now a committee suggests the war in Iraq is failing. It reccommends that Syria and Iram (axis of evil) be involved.
Stacked commission, pre-ordained recommendations.
http://victordavishanson.pajamasmedia.com/Does anyone really believe that Syria and Iran, at least in the short-term, abhor chaos in Iraq? Iran fought a long war with Iraq, and fears deeply American scrutiny of its nuclear program. Only a perceived mess in Iraq keeps the attention of the United States and, indeed, the world community away from Teheran. Ditto Syria that does not want more Cedar Revolutions on its borders, given that democracies or the efforts at such in Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey now surround this dictatorship.
There were three wars fought to destroy Israel before the Golan Heights were taken. The withdrawal from Lebanon and Gaza did not lead to commensurate moderation on the part of the Islamists or dictators. And if the Study Group believes that Israeli concessions will result in Syria and Iran “helping” us in Iraq, they are wrong on both counts. The most these two terrorist regimes will do is offer a safe “escort” out before the deluge; and, second, we will have reestablished the old principle that the way for radical Islamic and Arab regimes to pressure Israel is through attacking American interests in the Middle East.
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Jimmy Carter's (otherwise known as St. Pius the First) latest book has led to the resignation of Professor Kenneth Stein from the Carter Center
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/016123.phpPresident Carter's book on the Middle East, a title too inflammatory to even print, is not based on unvarnished analyses; it is replete with factual errors, copied materials not cited, superficialities, glaring omissions, and simply invented segments. Aside from the one-sided nature of the book, meant to provoke, there are recollections cited from meetings where I was the third person in the room, and my notes of those meetings show little similarity to points claimed in the book. Being a former President does not give one a unique privilege to invent information or to unpack it with cuts, deftly slanted to provide a particular outlook. Having little access to Arabic and Hebrew sources, I believe, clearly handicapped his understanding and analyses of how history has unfolded over the last decade. Falsehoods, if repeated often enough become meta-truths, and they then can become the erroneous baseline for shaping and reinforcing attitudes and for policy-making. The history and interpretation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is already drowning in half-truths, suppositions, and self-serving myths; more are not necessary. In due course, I shall detail these points and reflect on their origins.
The decade I spent at the Carter Center (1983-1993) as the first permanent Executive Director and as the first Fellow were intellectually enriching for Emory as an institution, the general public, the interns who learned with us, and for me professionally. Setting standards for rigorous interchange and careful analyses spilled out to the other programs that shaped the Center's early years. There was mutual respect for all views; we carefully avoided polemics or special pleading. This book does not hold to those standards. My continued association with the Center leaves the impression that I am sanctioning a series of egregious errors and polemical conclusions which appeared in President Carter's book. I can not allow that impression to stand.