During his visit to the Gaza Strip Tuesday, Jimmy Carter stated that he had to “hold back tears” in the face of destruction suffered by Palestinian residents. It is indeed an irony of fate that his comments coincides with the post election unrest in Iran, as brave civilians in Tehran and elsewhere are being shot on the streets while protesting the vote debacle. Is Carter crying for them too?
After all, the Iranian revolution which brought the Ayatollahs to power occurred on Carter’s watch. Moreover the Islamic revolt in Tehran, attributed at least in part to the former president’s actions and misdeeds, epitomizes the grave implications that policies adopted by leaders of Carter’s ilk may bring to the region.
It was then–President Carter, who in the name of “human rights” and similarly noble notions in essence encouraged the revolution, while forbidding the Shah, from forcefully dispersing protests against the regime. Carter conveniently ignored the fact that these rallies were being orchestrated by radical clerics who were not quite human rights champions themselves.
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