Presidential Failure Attacks Bush & Blair

Peanut farmer, gaseous windbag, pretentious wiener, oh and useless former president, Jimmy Carter has in the words of jacques Chirac missed another great opportunity to keep his mouth shut. In an interview with The Independent, Carter used the occasion of the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to lash out at President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair

There was no reason for us to become involved in Iraq recently. That was a war based on lies and misinterpretations from London and from Washington, claiming falsely that Saddam Hussein was responsible for [the] 9/11 attacks, claiming falsely that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. And I think that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair probably knew that many of the allegations were based on uncertain intelligence.

Carter has taken to the Bush lied meme to whole new level. Break out the tinfoil hats folks, it's conspiracy time. This is the first I have read of an accusation that Bush and Blair conspired to lie to the world about Iraq outside of the looney bin called the Democratic Underground. This form a man who's anti-terrorism policies as president are remarkable only for the fact that they were actually less effective than Bill Clinton's.

Carter then goes on to assert that Bush was merely trying to finish daddy's war and that he basically lead Blair like a puppy on a leash.

I think the basic reason was made not in London but in Washington. I think that Bush Jnr was inclined to finish a war that his father had precipitated against Iraq. I think it was that commitment of Bush that prevailed over, I think, the better judgement of Tony Blair and Tony Blair became an enthusiastic supporter of the Bush policy

The Independent went on to observe

Mr Carter's criticisms coincided with damaging claims yesterday from a former White House anti-terrorism co-ordinator.

I have a distinctly hard time swallowing the idea that the timing of Carter's remarks with those of Richard Clark is a coincidence. I think it would have been a good deal more accurate if they had written, "Mr Carter's criticisms WERE COORDINATED with damaging claims yesterday from a former White House anti-terrorism co-ordinator."

Side note: The Independent also took note that "Over the weekend millions of anti-war protesters poured on to the streets of cities around the world to call for the withdrawal of US-led troops from Iraq." See example below.

The gap between reality and the world Mr. Carter inhabits is wide and deep. A fact not included in this story is that Harvey, the large white rabbit that once pursued Carter was last seen at a Kerry $2,000 a plate luncheon fundraiser with a group of unnamed foreign leaders.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 11:26 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment