Obama Fail? Carter Accuses Obama of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'. Rave this if you agree!

Obama's really at the bottom of the barrel when the worst President in history bad mouths him. LOL

may I say... can I say ... this is the pot calling the kettle black?

Unfortunately I have to rave this. The US has been and is violating sovereignty of other states together with its allies such as my country the Netherlands, killing their civilians via drone bombing and other means, invading and bringing martial law in several 'theaters', propping up US preferred corrupt police state dictators.



think about how our victims might perceive us..

Great video, DnP!!!

I hate to agree with Ol' Jemmeh on ANYTHING, but he is correct THIS TIME!

Jimmy Carter is a true humanitarian and I respect that. But if he thinks "the United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights" he is not much of a historian. When was the US ever a champion of human rights? Certainly not within my lifetime. Since at least WWII our foreign policy has been "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Based on that policy we have supported numerous brutal dictators.
I seriously doubt that most americans would want their country to be the champion of human rights. Most Americans would rather that our government put America first. While that sounds pretty selfish i.e. american lives are more important than other lives its really just human nature. You may not agree that American lives are more important than Iranian lives, but how many people would you be willing to kill to protect the life of your child?

President Carter is a nice man, but his "Mr. Rodgers" approach to foreign policy is unrealistic. I say kill those bastards wherever we find them, and to hell with anybody who offers them sanctuary.

Dear activ1, I'm sure your not naive and don't trust everything the MSM and Washington politicians tell us. What if we were mislead by politicians and media about this too?

What if we aren't being mislead? I don't completely trust the media, particularly cable TV News outlets, and the blogs are the biggest source of misinformation out there. That being said, I do believe that there are people who wish to do us harm, and I do believe we should hunt them down and kill them wherever they are. I am a Veteran myself, and while I have the utmost respect for our men and women in uniform, this guy is is just some corporal, and it's just his opinion. Being in the Military doesn't mean that you have access to all of the intelligence available. Far from it. Sorry, but I don't think Ron Paul and his overly simplistic ideas are the solution either.

Thank you for your opinion. Agree not everybody is in the know. I want the people bringing down 911 hunted down very badly too.

Problem I have found is that Mossad's fingerprints rather than Osama's are all over 911. This might be false, so I want it cleared and those guys like Larry Silverstein ('pull it' he said about the third building) properly investigated for treason.

Trust me, if Israel was actually involved, that would never be made public. I'm not a big conspiracy guy myself, but nothing would surprise me. In the meantime, I do believe that Al-Qaeda and their allies want to kill Americans, and I have no problem going after their leadership in any country that harbors them. I think that would have been a better approach in the first place.

'Trust me, if Israel was actually involved, that would never be made public.'
agree. that's why we have to do it if this is the case.

You're right Al Qaeda, Mujahedeen, and other freedom fighters certainly want to kill us if we're over there.

I found this video quite good about the subject.

Unfortunately, "we" don't have the resources to find out if there was any conspiracy of any kind involved with 911.

As regards the video, while I don't agree with the overall tone of it, it does express one of the few points that I do strongly agree with Ron Paul on. With our modern weapons systems and intelligence capabilities, we no longer need bases in so many foreign countries. We can respond to any threat, any where in the world, in a very short time. Having our troops in other countries only breeds animosity. We need to make our so called allies more responsible for their own defense, and worry more about strengthening our own borders.

"10 yrs. & two Tours" and he's a Corporal? There is some kind of Conspiracy in that!

lol.

I didn't want to go there, but, it kind of jumped out at me too. I saw another video where he was speaking at a Ron Paul event in Iowa. I guess he wants to be Ron Paul's "Joe the Plumber".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

You observe well. He sure is enthusiastic. It was the same night. Because the CNN interview was cut short they got him on the podium later. Haven't seen him since.

Yeah, he was as giddy as a teenage girl at a Justin Bieber concert. The CNN interview was interrupted, but that doesn't mean it was intentional. There are problems with satellite transmissions every day during news broadcasts. If you watch your local news, you will often see them having to break away from a reporter who is at a remote location because the feed is breaking up.

lol true.

Do you know Michael Scheuer?

I never heard of him, but he is exactly right.

Think he's wiser than most, and certainly not afraid to speak his mind even if it's rather 'unpopular'.


Good one with Bill Maher

Thanks. I will check him out further.

Sorry....there is just something not right with being in for 10 years and a corporal!

My thoughts exactly. He's not someone who Ron Paul should be putting in the spotlight.

He should be putting Peter Schiff in the spotlight. There's a guy who knows the economy!

I have heard of him, but I can't say that I know a lot about him. Maybe I'll read one of his books.

He is a Paul supporter and has a practical conservative understanding of the worlds overall economy. He is very critical of how we manage ours. He's owns a brokerage firm named Euro Pacific Capital. My Brother and I along with 15000 others have accounts there since early 2000. 08 & 09 were tough but overall he's been out in front on predictions. We believe it's due to sound fundamentals that encourage savings.

He made a bid to run against Chris Dodd for Conn, Senate.

Thanks. Can't say I'm a big fan of Wall Street guys holding public office, but then again, I'm not crazy about Lawyers either.

He's not "Wall Street" say. But he does understand it. I hear you!

I'll check him out nonetheless. Always looking for more information. Thanks for the intelligent and respectful conversation. It's getting harder to find every day here on SH.

Activ1....that's nice of you to say and why you are on my friends list! We will not always see eye to eye but I clearly see your ideas are well thought out and come from a perspective that is willing to change and evolve. You are welcome and Likewise!

I find the same with you. It's refreshing to talk to people who actually think before they type. Thanks again, and have a great weekend.

I somewhat agree. I think we are using drone strikes as a first and second option; whereas I believe it should be used as a last resort. Using Drones depersonalizes killing and because of it's surgical nature, can be far more deadly to the innocent than other means.

Then the question of "International" or "Global" human rights. To me, there is no such thing. We (America) have our own standards and to lower or raise our standards to suit a "World Government" idea of human rights violates our sovereignty. It is up to US, the United States of America, to decide if this action violates human rights, Not the UN or any other Global organization.

Apparently, since Obama granted himself Judge, Jury and Executioner powers... it is NOT a violation of Human Rights. Until Congress acts to strip him of his powers he will continue to do this type of stuff.

I'm not sure Jimmy is fully on target with his criticism but I do conceptually worry about the 'simplicity' of 'robot war' where a country can conduct warfare with little risk to itself. In response to this, I can see an opponent resorting to terrorism because no conventional resistance is available. So yes, drone warfare has some moral and ethical issues to be worked out.

true. Americans like to call terrorists "cowards", but they are willing to die for their cause and they are willing to use whatever they can get their hands on to do it. i don't admire or support them but i do understand that they are not stupid enough to launch a conventional war against countries with trillion dollar arsenals.

Maher did have it right but sometimes the truth hurts... Similar (though less forceful) reasoning applies to outsourced military contractors and fully volunteer army I'm afraid. Not too unlike the Hessians for the British in the Revolutionary War.

Former Pres. Jimmy Carter is an idiot and senile socialist. What other President in the past has tried to influence policy and politics to the extent he has? He was and is a failure.

It is no more than additional proof that Mr. Carter's opinions are best kept to himself.

Wonder how he'll feel if Romney is elected and we nuke Iran?

Easy on the Romney comments....

^{hee hee, just kidding}