Carter, the humanitarian
Posted: August 17th, 2015, 3:57 pm
Just posted this to LK:
I know this will seem like the snickers bar in the punch bowl (or pool), but ... re: Carter:
---"In Cambodia, Jimmy Carter and his national security aide, Zbigniew Brzezinski made an untiring effort to find peaceful solutions by initiating a joint U.S.-Thai operation in 1979 known as Task Force 80 which, for ten years, propped up the notorious Khmer Rouge under the all-purpose banner of anti-Communism. Small wonder present U.S.-originating stories about the Khmer Rouge end abruptly in 1979, says journalist Alexander Cockburn."
(from an article by Mickey Z.)
Now obviously, Carter deserves much praise for his efforts on behalf of humanity, post-White House, but when the record is examined, it would appear that simply being "the leader of the free world" taints everyone who takes the controls. Maybe this will eventually correct itself; maybe it's all been due to one hell of an unusually, absurdly violent and toxic century. Maybe. We'll see.