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To: TimF who wrote (156010)	12/11/2002 4:00:23 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577986

Just because he did things that were foolish and counterproductive doesn't make him a traitor or mean that he doesn't love his country. I don't want him accused of being a traitor I just am glad that he is not president now. Well I've stopped short of using the word "traitor", but it IS a more serious offense in my mind than, for example, when Jim McDermott made his statement from Baghdad. When a former president of the United States speaks, particularly from foreign soil, the entire world listens. To hear a former president taking a position contrary to United States policy is as good as saying to Saddam, "Keep fighting it -- there is dissent within America". I certainly think Carter BELIEVES he is doing the right thing; he would never do anything he believed was damaging the country. But it HAS been a longstanding tradition that former presidents do not take positions contrary to current policy, at least not in a public forum, and certainly not from a foreign land.

To: TimF who wrote (156010)	12/11/2002 4:53:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577986

Why don't you call him a traitor and unpatriotic? Just because he did things that were foolish and counterproductive doesn't make him a traitor or mean that he doesn't love his country. I don't want him accused of being a traitor I just am glad that he is not president now. In a free society, what he said should not be viewed as foolish but rather, as an exercise of his right to free speech. In the very recent past, anyone who voiced opposition to Mr. Bush's policies immediately was branded unpatriotic and unAmerican by the right. And there are many in this country who do not believe Carter's speech was counterproductive. In the latest WSJ poll, 55% of the American people insist Bush continue to work through the auspices of the UN. Hardly counterproductive but rather a revalidation of what the people in this country want. ted