The Worst President Ever!

One small correction. I am not from Thailand, I am an United States citizen living in Thailand. I also did my time in the army, serving two tours in Vietnam. I am not trying to argue the relative merits of the Carter and Bush administrations. I do think Carter made two points that have merit and deserve discussion . The first was; "We now have endorsed the concept of pre-emptive war where we go to war with another nation militarily, even though our own security is not directly threatened, if we want to change the regime there or if we fear that some time in the future our security might be endangered," he said. "But that's been a radical departure from all previous administration policies." The second point he made and in many ways the one that concerns me most was; "Carter also offered a harsh assessment for the White House's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which helped religious charities receive $2.15 billion in federal grants in fiscal year 2005 alone. I welcome your comments on these two points.

Well it is nice to know that you are not just another foreigner taking potshots for kicks. There is a lot of that these days, and I tend to check profiles before answering a post now. That first statement has already been answered in another post where you asked the same question. Carter lied about the Us launching a pre-emptive war against Iraq. There was already a war with Iraq and a violation of a ceasefire was enforced. As to your second point, I don't know enough about them to even really comment. At first glance I would think that religious charities should not be getting government money. I suppose the argument could be made that a lot of useful organizations would then be without funding, but I would have to look into it. It would depend on what type of programs were involved...if it was furtherance of religion...no way should that be...if it is education or healthcare helping the poor, then possibly.