Carter Attacking Obama?

[bhunter]

The great foreign policy expert Jimmy Carter is attacking Obama for the use of drones. It's almost like he really wants to make sure that Obama beats him out for the title of the worst modern democratic president.

A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists.

Jimmy Carter, America's 39 th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights."

"Instead of making the world safer, America's violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends," Carter wrote.

While the total number of attacks from unmanned aircraft, or drones, and the resulting casualties are murky, the New America Foundation estimates that in Pakistan alone 265 drone strikes have been executed since January 2009 . Those strikes have killed at least 1,488 people, at least 1,343 of them considered militants, the foundation estimates based on news reports and other sources.
http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-a...-politics.html

[finnbow]

Who's he?

[BlueStreak]

A drunk, stands on a street corner at 2:15 a.m., screaming; "You people suck!! I'm better than ALL of you losers! I could have been the greatest!!"

Could he have been? And do you really care anyways?

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Actually, I've been thinking Obama should send a drone to the FauxNews studios.

[BlueStreak]

"Those strikes have killed at least 1,488 people, at least 1,343 of them considered militants......"

Impressive. Could we target one to hit Limbaughs house? Since his ass is as wide as a barn door, it shouldn't be hard........ Just program it to home in on the smell of bullshit.

[CarlV]

If using a drone saves an American life then I'm good with it.


Carl

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Who's he?

The worst Prez we had until the current Marxist moved into the White House.

[Boreas]

Part of me wants to tell Carter to STFU but, basically, I agree with much of what he wrote.

John

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by djv8ga

The worst Prez we had until the current Marxist moved into the White House.

Bush was a Marxist?

I love how you guys keep complaining that he promised to fix the economy and failed........It wouldn't have needed any fixing if the Republicans hadn't wrecked it in the first place.

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Part of me wants to tell Carter to STFU but, basically, I agree with much of what he wrote.

John

I and the North Wind are in agreement. I've never liked the drone program because it makes it too convenient for those that wield them. They also have the potential to become widespread and are cheap enough that small nations or even non-state actors could deploy them. I've disliked Carter since the 70s, but here I think he just might be right.