Jimmy Carter Brands US ‘Oligarchy’ & Urges Trump to Sign N. Korea Peace Treaty

Corruption - American style

As mentioned in yesterday's article, corruption is everywhere.

It is most obvious in 3rd world countries but is none-the-less

prevalent in leading countries; it is simply more sophisticated.

Former US President Jimmy Carter said the US works more like an "oligarchy than a democracy," while also lambasting Trump's “hopeless” approach to solving the Israel-Palestine issue, and the increasing tension with North Korea.

Oligarchy - Deep State - is there any real difference?

Unlimited political bribery

The former president was speaking at a ‘Conversation with the Carters’ event at his Carter Center in Atlanta on Tuesday. He said money in politics is what makes the US more like an oligarchy – run by a small group of rich people – rather than a democracy, AP reports.

This isn’t the first time the 39th president has made such comments. In 2015, he referred to the “unlimited political bribery” that has “created a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.”

"A complete subversion of our political system"

Carter was referring to the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling to allow corporations to give unlimited campaign donations to political candidates, which he has previously said was “the most stupid decision” the court had made.

I'm not sure 'stupid' is the right term, I would have chosen something more sinister.

North Korea

On escalating tensions between the US and North Korea, Carter said, “The first thing I would do is treat the North Koreans with respect.”

“I know what the North Koreans want,” he said. “What they want is a firm treaty guaranteeing North Korea that the US will not attack them or hurt them in any way, unless they attack one of their neighbors.” Carter said, “But the United States has refused to do that.”

Carter said he would send his top person to Pyongyang immediately, adding: “If I didn’t go myself.” The former president visited North Korea three times between 1994 and 2011.

"Until we're willing to talk to them and treat them with respect as human beings, which they are, then I don't think we'll make any progress," he said.

Middle East

Meanwhile, Carter said he doesn’t think that Trump can bring peace between Israel and Palestine.

"I don’t think Trump or his family members are making any progress in that respect," he said, adding he is “practically hopeless” that Trump will do anything to give “justice to the Palestinians.”

Carter criticized both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for failing to be flexible, but said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “no intention at all of having a two-state solution.”

Is he suggesting the Abbas and Hamas are willing to have a two-state solution? Both want nothing less than the annihilation of Jews from the Holy Land. They annihilated them from North Africa and most Arab countries early in the 20th century, and are waiting breathlessly for the opportunity to annihilate them from Israel. Carter, for all his wisdom cannot see that. 

The Wisdom of Zbigniew Brzezinski and What It Can Tell Us Now

World-renowned Polish-American political thinker and ideologist of US global hegemony, Zbigniew Brzezinski, has passed away aged 89, but his words will long echo in global politics. 

Brzezinski was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. His words open a window through which we can interpret geopolitical games being played on the continent.

Caution: these sayings were collected and selected by RT,

so there may be some political bias involved.

Apparently, his words will not echo long in global politics where free-speech no longer exists.

Afghanistan was a disaster for Russia. But one has to wonder how often the practice of drawing another country into war with a third country is exercised. I suspect it happens far more often than we would like to believe. I'm sure Americans were delighted that the Russians were involved in an expensive war they could not possibly win, but what it did to Afghanistan resulted in the Taliban and Sharia Law which was a disaster for all women and children in the country.

Gee, can't think of anybody like that! 

For many of us, it made it clear that communism was a great hoax, that it creates a phenomenal level of paranoia, and that it makes obvious that a world without God is a very sick and sad place. 

Yet there are many, many liberals who would completely disagree. They are those who will find their daughters or granddaughters wearing niqabs and living under Sharia Law and wonder how it happened.

Is NATO the tool for accomplishing this?