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Carter is no friend
Yariv Nornberg
Published: 03.01.07, 20:50
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1. He learned his Jew hate on his mammas knee
malcolm   (01.03.07)
He is stuffed with such ol time southern Jew hate it isn't funny. This "champion of the oppressed" doesn't talk about the hundreds of thousands murdered in Darfur. No, he obsesses about Palestinians, Why, because they are at war with Jews...in his mind, the true killers of his god.
2. carter has lost more than credibility in his old age.
DR ,   Florida, USA   (01.03.07)
He apparently has lost his mind.
3. No problem with Carter's support for the legitimate
Uzi ,   Haifa   (01.03.07)
grievances of the Palestinean Arabs. The problem is with Carter's lending some 'respectability' to murderous attacks against Israelis and Jews abroad and even to terrorist attacks in the US. Another problem is Carter's contribution to the culture of distorting and altering the facts. Then there is the problem of Carter reeking of 'liberal' double standard and biggotry which is so politically correct that it's lovingly accepted throughout the 3rd world and even in the EU. Other than these little problems Carter and his book are just fine, little senile but fine.
4. Carter-ization
Prof Smith   (01.03.07)
You know this book was not writing by Jimmy (peanut brain) Carter but by jews antizionist leftist Haifa and TA U Professors. So don’t blame him. Disease is on your own yard. Nowadays, Carter is in love with Castro and Chavez.
5. Carter was an aweful President, couldnt resolve conflict
David ,   Boston, USA   (01.03.07)
That is why he was only a one term president. Under Carter, US military was weakened. He was TERRIBLE with Iran. He forced Israel to make unreasonable concessions to Egypt and Egypt has been violating its peace agreement with Israel for decades now and their have been no reprocussions. Carter was only good for Energy conservation. Otherwise, he was a failure. Its too bad he is an even larger failure later in life. He never understood that you must force evil to surrender to good instead of appeasing it. Reagan understood.
6. Carter is Right
Nathan ,   D.C   (01.03.07)
Also, Israel and GWB are the only enemies for the true free world..
7. Don't confuse Carter with the truth
Mike Jefferson ,   washington dc   (01.03.07)
He was a miserable and incompetent president and remains a miserable and incompetent old man. Under his tutelage we suffered from run-away inflation, the dismantling of the military, the oil crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran-hostage crisis, an other debacles. His writings and speeches are laced with anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric which has only deepened through the years. Carter reminds me of the scary and senile old man living at the end of the block - the one the kids all avoided and for good reason.
8. Carter was a failure as a President
Tam   (01.03.07)
and he is a failure as a writer. He should be ashamed of himself for the way he has carried on and disappear into retirement! Go away Jimmy Carter....you suck!
9. Carter the Schnorrer &Saudi/UAE money
myron ,   USA   (01.03.07)
We may understand Carter's attitude towards Israel by noting that The Carter Center has been ,and I'm sure continues to be, heavily funded by Saudi and Emirate money to the tune of 15 million dollars (this is never -ever reported by the MSM for whom Carter is a sort of demi-god.) How much more beyonf the 15 million or so, will never be known. To find this information, one need not be an experiened investigative reporter; the info has been there all the time, stinking under the very noses of the MSM. I guess the MSM have an olfactory problem.
10. They kicked my Choctaw butt out of Louisiana.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (01.03.07)
And I don't see the Hypocrite Jimmy Bean Carter giving me his land. Obviously Carter and his white ancestors should give all of their land and money to me. They earned it from stealing my land!!!!!!! This clown is a hypocrite of the highest magnitude. What does he think happened to the Indians ancestors? Here I am....I'm one of them! Do you see him giving up his stolen land? Has he offered it to anyone recently. I didn't think so. Heap of White Man, talking out of the other side of his mouth. Carter is like Mary Poppins in his mind....Perfect in every way!!! That's why I am buying my land back through a mortgage company....because Jimmy won't give it back to me!
11. Carter has never been a friend of Israel. He hates Jews
Roger ,   USA   (01.03.07)
Sooner or later the anti-Semites reveal themselves.
12. Carter
dana ,   ny   (01.03.07)
What self-respecting Jew ever thought he was a friend?
13. Well said. Actually, I could not have said
freedom ,   canada   (01.03.07)
it any better..
14. he's no worse than Shimon Peres and the Kadima Criminal Gang
Moshe ,   Beit Shemesh   (01.03.07)
they all want to dismember Israel so the Hamasies and the Iranian can fire mortars into Israel's cities at will. Of course, Israel will have to 'restrain itself' and avoid any response that is 'disproportionate.' Of course, BEFORE withdrawal the suicide left tells us that 'after we give them territory, we will hit them hard if they attack us.' DON'T BELIEVE IT - ITS A LIE !!! THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD US BEFORE GUSH KATIF EXPULSION. and NOW, when the Hamasies and the PLO are bombing Kindegarten's in Sderot, they tell us 'we must not be disproportionate.'
15. Carter
Steven Rosenfeld ,   L.A. USA   (01.03.07)
Carter has never gotten over the fact that he was a one term failed President whose views and policy statements have been rejected by the American people for more than thirty years. He will do anything to remain in the spotlight because he has nothing else. He is a bitter and pathetic old man who can't accept that it is his own failings which has caused him to be rejected by his own people and not the fault of others.
16. I agree with Mr. Nornberg.
Roberto Gutierrez ,   Madrid, Spain   (01.03.07)
I think if Palestinians want a state, they should demonstrate that they are able to build it, or at least something similar. They have had a great opportunity to show it in Gaza, where there is no Israeli presence since August of 2005. But, as usual, they have lost one more opportunity. They have two options: terrorism or state. They continue to choose terrorism, they reject Israel. Sometimes it seems that we are in 1947. It´s a plain reality that Mr. Carter should take into account if he really wants to help Palestinians.
17. No news here
Jonathan M. Boyko ,   Ofrah, Israel   (01.03.07)
Carter's book is a disgrace. No news here. His distortions were talked over and over again - it is no secret Carter wants to show Palestinians and Arabs in general as peace-willing, while Israel as one always waging wars and murdering people. Mr. Carter, get over yourself. If you are going to lie about something - at least don't offend us by thinking our intelligence is so low we won't understand what you're writing.
18. Not worth the paper it's printed on
Chaya ,   Bat Yam, Israel   (01.03.07)
As a Master's Thesis it should get a failing grade!
19. Jews ar the indians
lefty   (01.03.07)
20. I always thought Carter was an antisemite
sw   (01.03.07)
21. Well Said !
Steve ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (01.03.07)
22. Has he stopped Habitat for Humanity?
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (01.03.07)
I see Carter using sweat equity from the invaders of America, to build homes for citizens who are needy. Most of these citizens are not Indians. What's the difference between Carter, or the Israeli's, making so called illegal settlements? Carter helps do it every day of the week on stolen American Indian land. If he wants to compare lands being stolen....he ought to start with all the land stolen from the Jews and redistributed for thousands of years to every civilization on the block. Jews are living on land that belonged to them, long before the Muslims showed up to take it away. American Indians watch Carter's habitat for Humanity, build homes on their rightful land, on the news media every day of the week. And Carter is on the news, touting what a wonderful program he is running. "Look at those happy faces of people, who now own a piece of the American Indian dream!" Carter is commiting the same offense on stolen land. He relishes the attention it gets him. Plus it offsets what a crappy President he was from 1976 to 1980. The Jews owned the land of Israel long before the Muslims showed up. How is it....that they are building illegal settlements? If you had asked Jimmy Carter to build Habitat for Humanity homes for poor Jews in Israel.........He would of been right there in those so called illegal settlemants. He would of smiled, invited the news media in for a photo op, and happily covered over those so called illegal settlements with Jewish homes. He would of told the Palestinians he was doing honorable work! "Look at those happy Jewish faces. Who would be against such a wonderful program? I get lots of good publicity for helping these poor Jews." I'm for Habitat for Humanity, don't get me wrong. But Carter is a horsesh*t artist of the first degree. He commits the same offenses he accuses others of, every day of the week. And he films it proudly for the whole world to see.
23. Carter Anti-semite?
A Bethlehemite   (01.03.07)
you people crack me up. Did you even read that the author of this article, Yariv Nornberg, worked for Carter's center in Atlanta?
24. carter, a candidate for dementia check up
some one ,   somewhere   (01.04.07)
this is not an insult, but simply an honest suggestion from a physician
25. # 23..we know you are cracked up...but are you packed up?
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26. It's not printed on paper and it's anyway well written!
Moshe Ben-Nathan ,   Jerusalem   (01.04.07)
27. #23-the "Bethlehemite"?
Christopher ,   Boston, MASS USA   (01.04.07)
By your own comments, his having worked for the Caarter Center in the past proves he has the knowledge to make the assertion, now well-known, that Carter is a rabid anti-Semite on the level of many of today's Islamic terrorists he so brazenly supports!
28. President Carter-
Margot ,   Manor, Texas   (01.04.07)
I have been appalled to read about the half-truths and outright lies in the Carter book. President Carter is married to a distant cousin so I am not only criticizing another American, but a family member. His book has already shocked and disgusted many scholars. Very unfortunate and a terrible legacy.
29. Carter is No Friend Of Israel
Bob ,   Rural Texas   (01.04.07)
Excellant, Excellant open letter. Carter has regressed into a person I cannot have any respect for. His credibility is nil in this household. And I'm sure he is numb and apathetic to any of these comments. He only exists in his own mind.....
30. Carter
Bob ,   Rural Texas   (01.04.07)
#24....AMEN !!
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