Carter v1.0 still failing thirty years later

Jimmy Carter stumbled through his presidency without any real foreign policy successes (besides hammering out a treaty that required US troop deployments to the Sinai Desert to keep Israel and Egypt separated). After his presidency, he had an aborted attempt at mediating for Clinton in Haiti and bribing North Korea just long enough for them to develop nuclear weapons under wraps.

And now, even his bosom buddy and fellow traveler, octogenarians Fidel and Raul Castro consider him irrelevant;

Carter spent hours talking about improving ties with brothers Raul and Fidel Castro, describing the latter as an “old friend.” He met with religious leaders and members of the island’s small opposition community, dined out at an atmospheric Old Havana restaurant and even sat down with family members of five Cuban agents serving long prison terms in the U.S.

But when the 86-year-old ex-president flew off in the afternoon without Alan Gross on board, it dashed the hopes of Washington officials and relatives who had hoped Carter would be able to bring the Maryland native home.

Yeah, the Castro brothers are probably holding out for substantive freebies from an actual government official instead of some old coot fresh off the turnip truck. And they’ll get what they want eventually because this administration is exactly like Carter’s administration – lots of pretty talk and no results.

Thanks toJerry920 for the link.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter, Shitbags