Honestly, the man has no shame:
Even in Carter’s long history of post-presidential grandstanding, this book sets fresh standards of irresponsibility. Purporting to give a balanced view of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict, Carter effectively shrugs off such highly germane matters as Palestinian terrorism. The hypocrisies are boundless, and include adoring praise of the deeply oppressive, religiously intolerant Saudi regime side by side with condemnations of democratic Israel. In one section, typical of the book’s entire approach, Carter includes a “Historical Chronology,” from Biblical times to 2006, in which he dwells on events surrounding his 1978 Camp David Accords but omits the Holocaust.
Well after all, the Holocaust isn't important to understanding why Israelis take threats of annihilation seriously. Or, more seriously: if you don't understand the centrality of the Holocaust in the Jewish/Israeli experience, then of course you won't understand Israel at all. Or, even more seriously: this does everything to prove our point that, while Carter isn't an anti-Semite, he is breathtakingly insensitive to Jewish and Israeli sensibilities. And it's fair to ask why.
But back to Carter being a whore for Muslim oil money:
If there is a silver lining to any of this, it is that Carter’s book has drawn much-overdue attention to some of the funding that pours into the Carter Center, whose intriguing donor list includes anti-Israeli tycoons and Middle East states... a number of articles have noted that Carter’s anti-Israeli views coincide with those of some of the center’s prime financial backers, including the government of Saudi Arabia and the foundation of Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, whose offer of $10 million to New York City just after Sept. 11 was rejected by then-mayor Rudy Giuliani because it came wrapped in the suggestion that America rethink its support of Israel. Other big donors listed in the Carter Center’s annual reports include the Sultanate of Oman and the sultan himself; the government of the United Arab Emirates; and a brother of Osama bin Laden, Bakr BinLadin, “for the Saudi BinLadin Group.” Of lesser heft, but still large, are contributions from assorted development funds of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as well as of OPEC, whose membership includes oil-rich Arab states
It's not (just) that we think that Carter's criticism of Israel is unseemly while he's taking money from oil sheiks. It's also this: the man who allowed Iran to fall to radical Islam should not be living of the teat of radical Islamists. Unless this is some kind of a life-long thank you by Wahhabists, in which case we can kind of see their point. (via Hot Air)
Previously: Video: Jimmy Carter Has A Soft Spot For Nazis, Jimmy Carter - Not Necessarily Pro-Nazi, But Not Categorically Anti-Nazi Either, Is Jimmy Carter Just An Old-Fashioned Christian Fundamentalist, Anti-Semitic Bigot?
