• Redcuban1959 [any]
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    2 months ago

    And a DPRK apologist:

    “And the North Koreans suffered because the United States did everything possible to destroy their economy. And we did everything possible to boost South Korea's economy. And so we condemn North Korea because its economy is lagging behind and its people are starving.”

    And a Chavista:

    “Electoral process in Venezuela is the best in the world." The comments were made in 2012, just three weeks before Venezuelans re-elected Chávez for his last term in office.

    “There are 92 elections that we monitor, I would say that the electoral process in Venezuela is the best in the world,” he said in an annual speech at the Carter Center in Atlanta. He stressed that the system is fully automated, which makes counting faster.

    At the time, Carter also revealed his opinion that in the US “we have one of the worst electoral processes in the world, and it's almost entirely due to the excessive inflow of money,” he said, referring to the lack of control over private campaign donations.

    The Carter Center was one of the only Western NGOs to declare that the 2004 referendum in Venezuela (an attempted legislative coup, following the failure of the military coup in 2002) was fair and free.

    And Hamas:

    In his book Carter argues that Israel's continued control and construction of settlements have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Middle East. That perspective, coupled with the use of the word Apartheid in the titular phrase Peace Not Apartheid, and what critics said were errors and misstatements in the book, sparked controversy. Carter has defended his book and countered that response to it "in the real world…has been overwhelmingly positive."

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      Damn I had no idea Carter was so...aware? I mean it's unusual for ex-officials to not just parrot the imperialist propaganda about their enemies.

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        I've always maintained that, although all US Presidents are going to Hell, Carter is the only one who seems to be aware of it (and is genuinely repentant).

          • Redcuban1959 [any]
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            2 months ago

            He did support Indonesia and the East Timor genocide when he was President. But he also supported East Timor independence (during the 1990's) and was critical on reporting the 1999 massacre, which is weird.