Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Jimmy Carter’s Unflinching Criticism Of Israel’s Apartheid State" video.

  1. I'm Australian but went to college in America in the late 80s. As an outsider looking in but also as one who has spent time in America I think America has sadly underestimated Jimmy Carter. His diplomatic work AFTER leaving office has ended up being incredibly significant and far more significant than other Presidents. If you go and look at the Wikipedia page for him at the end of the 2nd paragraph under Legacy - public opinion it says : "Although his presidency received a mixed reception, his peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts since he left office have made Carter renowned as one of the most successful ex-presidents in American history." I think that's actually a very good summary of how Carter is seen around the world. I think that if an HONEST history of America in the post World War 2 Era is written (that's not a partisan narrative) Carter might well be regarded as the BEST ex-US president of the era. He certainly underestimated how ruthless some of Reagan's people were, but then we are only now really starting to find out just how ruthless those people were, but then he also was more successful than anyone else at SOLVING the Middle East issues. He got settlement between Israel & Egypt which has been forgotten by too many. He tried harder than anyone else to settle the Israel-Palestinian issue and seemed to be ready whenever needed to go anywhere he was called upon to help AND he did those things without any need for a parade of fanfare.
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  2. @user-rn7hv7of1b In what fashion are you asking? Other than the fact he's never been involved in politics other than doing a film about a Scottish rebel, what's Mel Gibson done that's anything like what Carter did?
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  3. Australian here and I would say that others were more educated like Obama (Harvard) and Clinton (yale) who both had law degrees, but where Carter had them all beat was HONESTY and his willingness to HELP. He wasn't perfect and made mistakes but his diplomatic work AFTER being president has been well regarded around the world. By contrast NONE of the other presidents come close in their post presidency work. In fact the hardest thing is to compare the post-presidency work of others to him because the others have done almost NOTHING except charge lots of money to give talks and that includes the work of Nobel Peace prize winner Barrack Obama. Carter did all sorts of stuff and seemed willing to do what ever was asked of him. What have any of the others done as in diplomatic work or charity work or just anything other than make money?
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  4. I'm Australian but went to college in America in the late 80s. As an outsider looking in but also as one who has spent time in America I think America has sadly underestimated Jimmy Carter. His diplomatic work AFTER leaving office has ended up being incredibly significant and far more significant than other Presidents. If you go and look at the Wikipedia page for him at the end of the 2nd paragraph under Legacy - public opinion it says : "Although his presidency received a mixed reception, his peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts since he left office have made Carter renowned as one of the most successful ex-presidents in American history." I think that's actually a very good summary of how Carter is seen around the world. I think that if an HONEST history of America in the post World War 2 Era is written (that's not a partisan narrative) Carter might well be regarded as the BEST ex-US president of the era. He certainly underestimated how ruthless some of Reagan's people were, but then we are only now really starting to find out just how ruthless those people were, but then he also was more successful than anyone else at SOLVING the Middle East issues. He got settlement between Israel & Egypt which has been forgotten by too many. He tried harder than anyone else to settle the Israel-Palestinian issue and seemed to be ready whenever needed to go anywhere he was called upon to help AND he did those things without any need for a parade of fanfare.
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  5.  @CuriousKey  Yeah I'd mostly agree on your assessment of a law degree, but then that less narrow education might also explain why Carter was so much better in is post-presidency time than Obama or Clinton. Its a good point you raise.
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  6. ​ @CuriousKey  I absolutely agree with that. I recently checked something. Bush 2.0 went to Harvard for his MBA Clinton went to Yale as well as Hilary for their Law Degrees while Al Gore went to Harvard for his BA. Obama went to Harvard as well as Michelle for their Law Degrees. Trump went to U. Penn another of the Ivy League colleges. Of the 9 SCOTUS judges 4 went to Harvard and 4 went to Yale. The other (Amy Barrett) who is also a Federalist Society member went to Notre Dame. Do you see the pattern? FYI - The Federalist Society was started by students from Harvard, Yale and the university of Chicago. In Britain the vast vast majority of government control in both the parties and public service is held by Oxford and Cambridge graduates. In Australia its less obvious but we have the same issue. Its not just a case of very narrow education (as in Law degrees) but also the concentration of power among graduates of a small number of select universities. This also explains that no matter which party is in power in our nations nothing seems to actually change. Either the elected members are lawyers or they have a legal advisor or they are economists or have an economics advisor and in both the Law and Economics the education is highly concentrated to a few colleges. I am actually an engineer and have been looking into the economics issue because of the incredible amount of interference in the engineering space by economists. That's how I know their education is so narrowly focused.
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  7.  @TimSpangler-rd6vs  Iran loves Jimmy Carter - YEAH SO WHAT? So what does that actually mean? I was alive in the 70s and 80s. I, like most of the educated people on the planet, also know that Reagan's henchmen stifled Carters attempts to resolve the hostage crisis. MOST of the Iranian population (around 90%) were not even born when the Iranian Revolution happened so they have no idea who Jimmy Carter is or his links to that time. So your statement is just the typical lGNORANT crap of a mindless uneducated social media clown.
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  8. ​ @sylviarichardson2138  Not certain on the IQ. Both Obama and Clinton are both incredibly smart people. Where Carter slaughter both Clinton and Obama is on dealing with foreign leaders. both Clinton and Obama might have been smart but they were also arrogant. That's why AFTER being president Carter has been so effective on the international stage. He was somebody other nations could actually talk to and then NOT be lectured about American prowess. Its a thing that's rarely discussed any more and its called statesmanship and Carter might go down as America's last great statesman. As someone who went to college in America I find it bewildering that a country like America with a well educated population does NOT have better statesmanship. I tell Australians all the time that America does not lack for good leaders its just that NONE of them are in Washington. I'll give you 2 examples of what I mean by leadership. 1) Go watch the acceptance speech Andrew Whitworth gave at the NFL awards in 2021for the Walter Payton Award. Most of the others are also fantastic displays. 2) Go watch the Commencement address Admiral William McRaven gave at U. Texas. If you look at almost any field of human endeavor there are American's at or near the top. If you look at Washington - is it a swamp or haven of leadership. AND BEING fair I can ask the same questions about Canberra and I get the same answers.
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