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Jimmy Carter And The Lie He Perpetuates About The Camp David Accords

By: Pam On: Dec/17/06 - 2 Comments

And it is a lie no matter how you look at it.  From Front Page Magazine:

Carter’s presidency, widely renowned for its crowning achievement, The Camp David Accords, which established a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, was not however, a Carter initiative.

Carter’s intentions and policy commitments were geared towards arranging a Geneva Peace Conference with all the parties to the Arab-Israeli dispute present, in addition to the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

Carter dispatched Cyrus Vance, his Secretary of State, to Moscow to get the Soviets to co-sponsor the conference. On May 21, 1977, Secretary Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko issued a joint statement that the “elimination of the continued source of tension in the Middle East constitutes one of the primary tasks in ensuring peace and international security.” The statement specified moreover the conviction of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that in order to achieve the goal, “an important role belonged to the Geneva Conference on the Middle East.”

Carter decided to coordinate his Middle East efforts with the Soviets on the premise that keeping them out of the picture could provoke them to undermine any American sponsored moves. This typical Carteresque strategy of appeasing dictatorships and dictators (Carter never met a dictator he did not like) backfired time and again.

In the case of the Geneva Conference, Anwar Sadat, Egypt’s President, who five years earlier expelled the Soviets from Egypt, did not want the Soviets involved in negotiations, much less in a multilateral negotiations. Sadat understood that the Soviets would press the Arabs to be uncompromising (he also knew that Carter would press Israel for concessions) and was turned off by the thought that radical voices in Syria and Iraq would undermine Egypt’s position as the leader of the Arab world.

Sadat was dead-set against going to Geneva. And, in order to scuttle the idea he had to get Israel to reject it.

On November 7, 1977, Anwar Sadat made an historic trip to Jerusalem providing Israelis with one of the most euphoric days in their collective memory. Sadat’s dramatic move and Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s personal opposition to Geneva and Soviet participation scuttled the idea of the conference. Carter quickly jumped on the Begin-Sadat bandwagon and the rest is history. It is important to acknowledge that the Camp David Accords – Carter’s premier presidential achievement – happened in spite of his misjudgment.

Curt said: “Miscalculations and mistakes, anti-semitism and ignorance….thy name is Jimmy Carter. ”

Posted on: December 17, 2006 |

Posted in: Democrats, National News

2 Responses to “Jimmy Carter And The Lie He Perpetuates About The Camp David Accords”

  1. Fred Dawes
    December 17, 2006 - 10:23 PM on December 17th, 2006

    So what side is jammy Carter on? its the side of evil and big money, he hates our freedoms and wants us dead or part of the one world hell called the North American Union, he is not the only rat inside the GOVERNMENT OF DRUG DEALERS of evil doers only one of many.

    So what will you do, Nothing but watch and say nothing but Yes Sir!
    so get in line and be good little people. LISTEN TO Savage Nation.
    For more info call hell or 9-11.

  2. Babbling Fool
    December 19, 2006 - 03:49 PM on December 19th, 2006

    Jimmy carter is my idol and was one of the best Presidents we have had! Only Bill Clinton was better!

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