Jimmah Lies Again

It's like shooting fish in a barrel with this guy. I wonder if he knows John Kerry?

Anyway, once again, the worst President of the 20th-Century (and that says a lot) again decided to open his mouth and reinvent history to make himself look good. Thankfully, many of us are old enough to know better. What got to me today was what Jimmah said in an interview in the German magazine, Spiegel:

When I became president we had had four terrible wars between the Arabs and Israelis (behind us). And I under great difficulty, particularly because Menachem Begin was elected, decided to try negotiation and it worked and we have a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt for 27 years that has never been violated.

What kind of drugs is Carter on???

Let's have a little refresher course here, Jimbo. In 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise joint attack against Israel on the holiest day of the year - Yom Kippur. Could you imagine the uproar if Israel or the US attacked a Muslim country on Ramadan? Anyway, after absorbing tremendous damage from the sneak attack, Israel was able to regroup and eventually not only repeal the Arab armies, but defeat it. In fact, if not for the UN demanding a cease-fire, although had ignored the conflict when Israel was losing, the Israeli army would have captured Cairo and Damascus.

This was a terribly embarrassing loss for Egypt in particular. After finally coming to terms with the fact that in 4 wars, spanning 30 years, Egypt would not survive more wars with a stronger opponent. He realized that it was no longer 1948 and in order for his country to grow, he needed to end the aggression against the Jews.

In the meantime, the Israelis, understanding the important of conservative leadership, elected Menachem Begin, in a move not dissimilar to America's election of Ronald Reagan a couple of years later.

With all of that on Sadat's shoulders, he decided it was time for him to visit Jerusalem and attempt to seek peace between the two neighboring countries. It was well documented that Sadat had no idea how he would be treated upon arriving in Israel. But the reception was overwhelming. He was accepted with open arms and open hearts. He then realized that Israelis wanted nothing more than a peaceful co-existence with her Arab neighbors.

After visiting a second time, and addressing the Knesset, Sadat, along with Begin, accepted an invitation from U.S. President Jimmy Carter to seal the deal at Camp David. While there were some important issues in need of ironing out, Carter played little role in the final result. All of the pressing issues were worked out entirely between Begin and Sadat.

So now, dear darling Jimmah has taken more than his share of credit.

So, why am I bothered?

I'm bothered because Jimmah, much like many of his liberal friends, do not understand the importance of truth. As far as he's concerned, it matters very little that he wasn't the key to peace. Like CBS, when the Bush National Guard kerfuffle occurred, Dan Rather made it clear that while the story may not have been true, it sounded good enough for him.

Like all revisionists, the revised rendition always makes the bad guy the good guy and vice-versa. Otherwise there would be no point in revision. Thankfully, right-wing bloggers and other like-minded individuals (such as myself) have enough of a voice to expose these liars for who they are.

Jimmah, you were a lousy President. You're a lousy statesman and, worse of all, you're a lousy liar.