THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
JIMMY CARTER NEVER LEARNED
By Christopher G. Adamo
FULL STORY:
In the wake of former President Jimmy Carter’s mindless pontificating on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, it
is easy to see why Communism reached its “high water mark” on his watch, and how his policies helped to spawn the rise of modern
militant Islam. Carter never understood the benefits of military strength, and, in fact, believed (and still believes) weakness and
appeasement to be worthwhile military and diplomatic policy.
Of course, his trust in the power of groveling was never supported by reality, and his “diplomatic” efforts, whether to form closer ties
with Mexico or secure the release of the American embassy staff from the murderous regime of the Ayatollah Khomeni, always
resulted in embarrassing defeat, suffered not only by himself, but the rest of America as well. Yet, that grim truth never succeeded in
discouraging his pursuit of “peace through platitudes,” a path down which he continues to tread long after the close of his single,
dismal term as President.
Among the other banalities of his Convention speech, Carter bemoaned that the “Middle East peace process has come to a
screeching halt,” as if all of the endless summit meetings, ceremonious treaty signings, and various “negotiations,” ever diminished
the hideous occurrences of terrorist bombings, assassinations, and Islamic calls for Jihad over the last six decades. In retrospect,
Carter’s much-ballyhooed “Camp David Peace Accord” yielded as much as anything ever agreed upon by Neville Chamberlain and
Adolf Hitler.
Nor is Carter willing to be honest about the recent upsurge of Palestinian suicide bombings and other acts of terror in Israel. Well
before George W. Bush’s inauguration, Yassir Arafat demonstrated his true regard for all of the ostensible gains in mutual
understanding and respect between the Palestinians and Israelis accomplished during Bill Clinton’s “Wye River Summit.” Upon
returning to his headquarters in Ramallah, Arafat reiterated his calls for the destruction of Israel, initiating a new wave of bombings.
As an even greater outrage, Carter now has the audacity to attempt to blame George W. Bush for North Korea’s development of
nuclear weapons. Apparently, Carter’s memory is as deficient as are his cognitive thinking abilities. For those who need to be
reminded, it was none other than Jimmy Carter who, at the bidding of then President Bill Clinton, signed a treaty with the North
Koreans in the early 1990s, by which they agreed not to develop such weapons, on the condition that the United States give them
the very materials and technology to do so.
That Carter would make such a transparent and pathetic attempt to shift culpability for that diplomatic fiasco from himself to George
Bush indicates a willingness to distort the facts at any cost. Clearly Carter is motivated by a desperate desire to escape from the
responsibility of his own past.
According to Carter, John Kerry espouses “basic American principles and values” that would somehow bolster our nation’s
position in the eyes of the world. In light of Kerry’s track record, one is given to wonder just what those “principles and values”
are. Has it ever been an American “value” to abandon the founding and heritage of this country in deference to the Leftist
ideologies of the United Nations? Or do Kerry (and Carter) believe that this country has anything worthwhile to gain by
seeking the good graces of the Germans and French?
In his close, Carter asserted his belief in “truth” as the foundation of America’s “global leadership.” This was a rather odd
comment, coming as it did on the opening night of the national convention for the party of Michael Moore, Al Sharpton, and
Bill Clinton.
More importantly, however, is the evidence in this statement of Carter’s complete lack of understanding of how the world works.
All the “truth” he could muster during his four years as President did absolutely nothing to strengthen our country’s standing
in the world. It wasn’t until Ronald Reagan assumed the mantle of leadership in 1981, and began showing the world that
America would defend its interests, not by pleading its “good intentions,” but by taking appropriate action when necessary,
that hostile foreign leaders developed a healthy respect for this country.
Grim as it may seem to Carter, Kerry, and the rest of those hopeful peaceniks on the “Left,” this is the only approach that has
ever worked, and the only one that ever will. America cannot afford to gamble its security and its future on a strategy of
weakness.
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Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at
www.chrisadamo.com.
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