Best/Worst Presidents

[Rath]

PDF said:

Rath said:.

@PDF. Post presidency he's taken some pretty extensive diplomatic action in N. Korea, the Middle East, Africa and S.E Asia. Rather than summarize I'll just link the relevant section of the wiki article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_carter#Diplomacy

Alright, he has done quite a bit of good since he has left the office.   I have learned something today and give him a bit more credit but it still the little things he does that gets me.  Like backing Hugo Chavez allegations that the US was behind a coup d'état.  I am sure we were but you don't go out and publically support an clear enemies claims.  It just does't look good.

Things like that are why I respect him. If he honestly believes that the US was partially behind the coup attempt (and as you said, it doesn't seem particularly farfetched) then why shouldn't he come out against that? The USA shouldn't be trying to topple democratically elected regimes.