More Proof That Jimmy Carter Is Going Senile

We've been calling it for a few months now here at Pax Plena.

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But today provided the final piece of evidence needed to officially dub former President Jimmy Carter senile.

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In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Carter said:

I think that more than any other person in the world, the prime minister could have had a moderating influence on Washington - and he has not. I really thought that Tony Blair ... would be a constraint on President Bush's policy toward Iraq.

Gaps in logic aside, just wait. It gets better.

Carter added:

It's a shameful and pitiful state of affairs, and I hold your British prime minister to be substantially responsible for being so compliant and subservient.

A few points of order.

Carter hasn't been a major figure on the world stage for some twenty+ years. Yet he seems to feel uniquely positioned to criticize the British Prime Minister for supporting the removal of Saddam Hussein from office- a tyrant who was created in part by Carter’s policies.

But to his credit, Carter has been consistent in assuming the Iraq war wasn't worth the fight. He has also been consistent, like many on the fringe of his party including Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean, in calling for a cut and run strategy in Iraq rather than pursuing a bold vision for change. Then again, Carter was never known for courage on any issue. Just look at his performance in the Iran Hostage crisis in 1981.

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But the most insulting part of his critique is that it assumes that Jimmy Carter is smarter than the British people who clearly are incapable of properly selecting their head of state. To say it's a shameful, and pitiful state of affairs is tantamount to saying the Brits are a shameful and pitiful people for electing Blair to another term in office. To say Blair is subservient to Bush, is to say Britain is subservient to America. Whether you agree with the war in Iraq or not, their steadfast support in both Afghanistan and Iraq has more than demonstrated Britain's independence and valor.

Suffice it to say, Jimmy Carter has now become America’s embarrassing, senile uncle. You know, the relative at the family reunion everyone tries to avoid because you never know what they will say?

Under different circumstances, I would wait for the howls from the left bemoaning Carter's American-imperialist attitude toward the citizens of another country. But given that Carter is clearly a mentally unstable old man, I will let it slide.

Besides, the left only cares about American imperialism when it comes from those who are not of their own.