He is the only American leader to actually practice diplomacy in the Middle East since the establishment of the state of Israel. Our current administration’s ignorant approach to Mid-East diplomacy has led to an unstable and more dangerous world for both America and Israel.

Carter is not a bigot and is not denying Israel’s right to exist, as a homeland for the Jewish people. In fact the first tenant of his Palestine Peace solution is, “Security for Israel”. Remember Larry, he successfully brought Anwar Sadat and the Irgun/Stern Gang terrorist Menachem Begin together with a treaty that still stands. Diplomacy is difficult and not always pretty, but the results are what matter and Jimmy Carter is the only president to get positive results since the 1967 Six Day War.

The “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” attitude is a boorish, racist attitude propagated by the current administration and the hawks at the Republican think tank Project for the New American Century and the opposite of diplomacy. The right to name who is a freedom fighter and who is a terrorist lies in the hands of the powerful.

Jimmy Carter is a great American who should be lauded for his efforts on behalf of his nation, rather than labeled a bigot by a lazy local newsman.

obama should keep michelle off the trail she comes off as mad and mean and blue collar middle class americans (like myself) are not buying it

That’s probably because you’re a bigot, JR. Michelle Obama grew up in a lower middle class household and achieved the American dream of obtaining an excellent education and employment through hard work and diligence. Hillary is the upper middle class daughter of a textile mill owner. (I know because John Edwards father worked in the mill.) Hillary was also a Republican and worked on Goldwater’s campaign, and she went to college on the backs of lower middle class factory workers. It’s insulting that she pretends to be some hardscrabble blue collar hero. She’s as privileged as they come. I took my kids to see Michelle Obama at Haverford College. I can tell you that she’s the only intelligent, articulate, and honest woman involved in the race.

Yep…keep in mind that the Iraqi Waldos (nuke scientists, thousands of them trained right here in the good ole USA are now nowhere to be found!)…and I am not counting the thousands more trained in Korea and the former USSR.

Yep, knowing the USA would invade Iraq months before it happened, Syria welcomed the Iraqi scientists with open arms through the porous border kinda like the USA welcomed Werner Von Braun after WWII. They are all Muslims, after all, no? And yes, Syria got help from the PROK, too…that’s a no brainer given how N Korea is acting regarding nuke capable rockets, weapons and reactors. The PROK is very, very poor…there are no longer any dogs in N Korean, all having been eaten…so the Syrians wave a few greenbacks at N Korea and they get action, to incude N Korean scientists to assist Iraqi Waldos!

Also, check back and ask yourself why large amounts of unusually high radiation levels were found in hundreds of European scrap yards and recycling points right after the US invaded Iraq? The Euros still are trying to figure out where all the radiation came from. Here’s a clue: When the Waldos had many months time to dismantle and move the baby-milk factories, all the left over parts and scrap and debris was hauled off to European scrap yards (and other scrap yards throughout the world) through Turkey and by ships owned by unscrupulous folks who just wanted to make a buck. They saw nothing, heard nothing, asked nothing and said nothing, and are called war-profiteers.

The money? How about the billions that Iraq had from oil for food? Yes, USA troops found many millions, the tip of the iceberg and things are hushed up, but for different reasons than you think. Have you ever wondered why 3$Bill pardoned a guy named Marc Rich, who is living in Switzerland and doesn’t dare to travel to the USA, even with Clinton’s pardon in his pocket? Yep, that was the 1990s when the Food for Oil thing was the top money make for folks like Rich (and governments like France!)…all hushed up!

And, of course, the Syrians have plenty of oil money, too…since Hurricane Katrina they are getting more and more cash for oil…have you tried figuring out where most of the $3.50 plus goes when you fill up your tank? The BOCs say, in front of Congress, that they aren’t getting the 400% profits…of course not, it is going to OPEC!

Here’s a question for you:

Why would the Israelis (as smart and efficient on intell matters as they are) go to the trouble of wiping out what Syria calls “an abandoned military base”? Yep, abandoned mil base alright, fairly close to the Iraqi border, until it became a threat as the site of Syria’s nuke plant!

BTW, did not the Israeli’s wipe out a nuke plant in Iraq in 1980, the same way?

…and why all the huss-hush?