The real ”key words” of Resolution 242, as crafted mainly by Lord Caradon, are those about the need for “secure and defensible borders.” Carter doesn’t even mention this phrase, which Lord Caradon thought was the most important provision of the Resolution. For Carter surely knows that the pre-1967 lines he wants Israel to be forced […]
Jimmy Carter, Lord Caradon, the Palestine Mandate, and Resolution 242 (Part II)
Jimmy Carter treats a sentence from the non-binding preamble to Resolution 242 as if it were a binding part of the Resolution itself. He thinks that the phrase about the “inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war” applies to Israel, when examination of the Mandate for Palestine reveals that it is Jordan, not Israel, […]
Jimmy Carter, Lord Caradon, the Palestine Mandate, and U.N. Resolution 242 (Part I)
The glad news is that Jimmy Carter is again bringing peace to the Middle East, by saving Israel from itself, as he has tried so many times before, and without a moment to lose. He wants to make sure that the American government, while still under Obama, joins 137 other countries in recognizing a country […]
Jimmy Carter wants UN to impose a Palestinian state by fiat, with US recognition
In a cynical gesture repeated each year, the UN observes the “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” on Nov. 29, turning a positive anniversary into a pretext for Israel-bashing and antisemitism. Jimmy Carter has taken full advantage of this “cynical gesture,” going so far as to call on Obama to “recognize ‘Palestine’ before he […]
Iran propaganda video hits Obama for dissembling about ransom-for-hostages deal, crows about humiliating US
This is the propaganda video Iran released in February, humiliating the Obama administration and bragging about the hostage deal they made. It shows the cash, etc., and further exposes how Obama has been lying to the American people about this deal. Video thanks to our old friend Rebecca Bynum. Thanks to AMCT for providing the […]
A Reversion to the Law of the Jungle
“What we today call the policy of appeasement was in fact the refusal on the part of the civilized leaders of France and England to abandon the politics of reason. They were sincerely convinced that by reasoning with Hitler, by making compromises with him, they could avoid the horrors of reversion to the law of […]