Monday, July 23, 2007
When Jimmy Carter used the word “Apartheid†in the title of his book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, he knew it would deeply offend many Israelis, Jews and other supporters of Israel’s efforts to make peace with its Arab neighbors. Yet he deliberately chose that deeply offensive word precisely in order to provoke. As Jeffrey Goldberg of The Washington Post said, it was a case of “bait and switch,†since in the text of the book, the word Apartheid appears only three times and Carter goes out of his way to explain that what he believe Israel is doing “is unlike in South Africa – not racism….â€
Carter was cautioned by friends not to use the inaccurate and provocative word Apartheid, but he insisted on putting it in his title, knowing full well how deeply offensive it would be to so many.
Contrast Carter’s insensitivity toward his Jewish readers with his extraordinary oversensitivity toward Muslim readers of Salman Rushdie’s controversial book The Satanic Verses...
...Instead, he condemned him for his “direct insult to the millions of Muslims whose sacred beliefs have been violated and are suffering in restrained silence…â€...
Conclusion:
...Jimmy Carter’s sensitivities seem to have a gaping hole when it comes to Jews. There is a term for that.
This isn't exactly a news flash. President Peanut Farmer is a proven hypocrite and a shameless shill for the Arab world. And when you look at the sponsors of the Carter Center, you can see why.
BHG
There are 1.4 Billion Muslims in the world and only 14 million Jews. Muslims, offended, riot, burn, blow up and behead. Jews send letters to the editor. Muslims can do injustice and claim God is on their side. Jews rue themselves bitterly when they have to kill their enemies in order to defend their children.
For the cynical, calculating, sanctimonious pragmatist with no regard or understanding for universal human rights, in other words, a Carter, the choice of who merits his support is easy. Especially as he can market himself as a victim of Jewish power, to boot.
This reminds me of a quote from that fine Jewish-American intellectual, the late Irving Howe. He said that "even in the warmest of hearts, there's a cold spot for the Jews."
I think that Carter's dislike for the Jews was there during his presidency, though much better hidden. The reason I say this is that I remember a brouhaha over Andrew Young when he was Carter's ambassador to the U.N. I think Young had met with PLO representatives, or something like that. Carter let the press and the black community believe that representatives from Jewish organizations pressured him to dismiss Young. No such thing happened. Jewish reps did meet with Carter, but I read that they emphatically told Carter that they were against any such action against Young. Carter was either slow to admit the truth or didn't admit it at all. I don't remember. It is clear to me now that he probably enjoyed watching the Jews hang out to dry for a bit. There are probably blacks who believe to this day that the Jews tried to oust Young.
Carter's action, or inaction, was puzzling to me at the time. Now that I've heard more about his longtime attitudes, it begins to make sense.
When it comes to Jews and Israel, Jimmy Carter has recently been just a more elegant version of Billy Carter. Remember Billy, Carter's ne'er-do-well brother? During the late 1970s, Billy defended his ties to the Libyans by saying, "there's more Arabians than Jews." In a sense, Carter's diplomatic language and educated prose can be distilled to the same crude view.
Billy Beer! Alright!
Billy Beer!
ROTFLMAO!!!!
One Term President Dhimmi Carter is desperate to pin the "Worst President Ever" label on GWB, but Dhimmi, YOU have a solid lock on that "honor".
Dhimmis post commander in chief hob nobbing with dictators, terrorists like Castro and Chavez, anti-American socialists, anti-American fascists have done more to tarnish your legacy than any op-ed piece ever written.
Warren G. Harding may have been a crook, but he never joined forces with enemies of this country as Dhimmi Carter has.