re: #259 electrotek

It’s not just one bad thing honestly.

He also approved the sale of fighter jets to Suharto’s regime in Indonesia and continued on with the official endorsement of Indonesian sovereignty over East Timor. The occupation of East Timor took the lives of 200,000 East Timorese Catholics from 1975-1999, to demonstrate how our support of Indonesia’s illegal occupation of a former Portuguese colony was catastrophic for those who experienced it.

If he had repented his support of William Calley and the continued arming of an Indonesian dictator, I wouldn’t be this critical of him.

You might consider redirecting your criticism to an even more worthy target. Something like 44 other Presidents, for a start.

Of course Carter did bad things — he was President. Aint no saints in the White House, not one. But a few, a very few, get out of the office willing and healthy enough to do good works. Of those, Jimmy comes top if you ask me.

He was also mightily respected by the Sherpas of Namche when he visited the Everest region in 1985 — the secret service dudes with him all had to turn back before he did. And the Sherpas know a good ‘un when they see one.