March 3, 2006
Carter - UN Ambassador
He made a mess of things when it was his turn at the wheel, now he's getting the way 25 years after he had his chance.
- President Carter personally called Secretary of State Rice to try to convince her to reverse her U.N. ambassador's position on changes to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, the former president recalled yesterday in a talk in which he also criticized President Bush's Christian bona fides and misstated past American policies on Israel.
Mr. Carter said he made a personal promise to ambassadors from Egypt, Pakistan, and Cuba on the U.N. change issue that was undermined by America's ambassador, John Bolton. "My hope is that when the vote is taken," he told the Council on Foreign Relations, "the other members will outvote the United States."
Undermined by Ambassador Bolton? Perhaps you are undermining him, and the negotiations of our country.
Egypt, Pakistan and Cuba aren't exactly my idea of great places or paragons of human rights.
What is he doing?
You had your turn, President Carter. Now it's someone else's.
United Nations Posted by AlexC at March 3, 2006 12:19 PM
It's abundantly clear that President Carter is not yet satisfied with his legacy as the 39th president. He's working pretty hard to add to that legacy in the "out years" and I predict that history will be none too pleased when he's finally done. His name may yet replace that of Benedict Arnold in American lexicon.
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