Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'

[joelz]

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."

http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-widespread-abuse-human-rights-154057442--abc-news-politics.html

[BlueIris]

1. President Carter, you know I love you,

But the U.S. has not been "the global champion of human rights" for quite some time.

[Lionessa]

2. Y'know, this is probably the 3rd or 4th re-iteration of this I've seen here, and I'll rec it every

time.

Normally the frequent duplicate threads annoy me, but not this one.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

3. oops, my bad (blush)

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of course Carter earned HIS Nobel Peace Prize...

[Cooley Hurd]

7. He didn't earn it???

[kooljerk666]

9. I think he did more for Peace than Obama ever will.............

Carter is the only Pres I have any respect for since Johnson or Ike.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. He actually brokered peace in the Middle East!

Which other US president can say that?! His Nobel Peace Prize was decades too late in coming.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Those who say, "All those people understand is violence"

only understand violence themselves.

[clang1]

5. +1000 n/t

[MrSlayer]

6. We're just now starting to abandon it? Could have fooled me.

I'm not going to rip President Carter for doing what he does. He hasn't changed his stance on these sort of issues in his life and he's not going to now. I don't think this is really going to change many minds and it's not a weapon for the Republicans. I can't see a Bagger invoking Jimmy Carter as someone to listen to for any reason.

As far as Mr. Carter's comments go, I wonder when this country ever was a true champion of human rights. When was this day he longed for? Our founding document allowed human trafficking and then we go ahead and continue to slaughter the remaining indigenous people to the point that they no longer have any say in what goes on in their country and you know the rest.

When were we ever champions of anything but bullshit? We're great at the lip service and propaganda but terrible on following through.

I believe all the international accords we have entered into are mere window dressing, lies. However, I'm never offended by President Carter speaking about treaties and International "Acts" because he has been the only President in my lifetime that actually believes in that shit. The others (Nixon-) clearly did and do not.

So, go ahead and shout it out Mr. President.

The least phoney politician that I've seen.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Sadly, must agree with your comments.

[OneGrassRoot]

13. +1 n/t

[Selatius]

8. Nobody in a position of power cares.

As long as the United States has the military capability and the funds to use that capability to kill people it deems an enemy of the state, it will continue to do so.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. No! No! We've killed millions..but we did it for their own good!

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi

[Cali_Democrat]

14. Well...

All the men, women and children the US has killed since the inception of the war on terror were enemies of freedom.

[indepat]

15. Jimmy Carter doesn't understand the fact that the USA has the unassailable and exclusive right

to assassinate any one at any place on the earth at any time for any reason, no matter the collateral damage inflicted. It goes with the territory 'cause: who's gonna question or stop us with these large cannons on our hips.