President Jimmy Carter Criticizes Obama's Foreign Policy

By Elizabeth Nelson

We know we've hit a turning point and have gone from bad to worse when the once all-time worst president in U.S. history, Jimmy Carter, is calling out Obama on how dismally bad he's doing with U.S. foreign policy.
President Obama was criticized last week by the president he is often compared to, Jimmy Carter. Carter told an Aspen Institute audience that Obama's accomplishments on foreign policy "have been minimal" and that the United States' influence is "lower than it was six or seven years ago."

After proclaiming John Kerry "one of the best secretaries of state we've ever had," Carter dumped cold water on Obama's record abroad.

"On the world stage, I think Obama's accomplishments have been minimal."

"I think he has done some good things domestically, like health reform and so forth. But on the world stage, just to be objective about it."

 "I can't think of many nations in the world where we have a better relationship now than when he took over."

Carter declined to blame Obama for the U.S.’s dismal foreign policy outlook, stating simplythat circumstances “have evolved.” However, he did state that the U.S. hadsuffered a reversal of fortunes in foreign policy since Obama took over fromPresident George W. Bush.

Could he possibly be thinking about how the mighty Obama has thawed out the cold war, getting in bed with Iran and considering inviting Cuba into bed with us next?

“I would say the U.S.’s influence and prestige and respect in the world is probably lower than it was six or seven years ago,” Carter said.

Hopefully this glaring irony isn't lost on you either. This is truly a spade calling the kettle black. It takes a horrific foreign policy President to recognize one when he sees one. 

As president, Carter presided over a series of foreign policy challenges as Iran seized American hostages and the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. He spent the last year of his presidency trying to counter these threats, in part by articulating the Carter Doctrine, a reversal from his previously standoffish foreign policy. 

By contrast, Obama has not challenged his core foreign policy assumptions in the face of aggression from a host of bad actors. Read more FreeBeacon

At least Carter, although way out of his league and presidentially over his head, loved this country.  I can't in good humor or conscience say the same about the dictator that claims to occupy the empty chair at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.