I guess that Jimmy Carter figures he didn't do enough damage in his four years as President, so he's got his son Jack running for Senate...to try and do in six years what his dad couldn't complete in four:

I support a "stick and carrot" approach. The stick is a promise to withdraw our troops from the country unless the Iraqi government makes quick and steady progress toward an inclusive structure which has support from the Sunnis, the Kurds, and the Shi'a. I have no objection to any formulation of this structure so long as there is general support.

So, what Jack is saying is that unless we force the Shia to place the Sunni back in charge, we'll pull out...boiled down, that is what Carter is saying, because right now there are Shia, Sunni and Kurds involved at all levels of Iraqi government, and the only outsiders are those who hate democracy and want to impose one sort of tyranny or another. This is typical Carterism, of course - find flaws with your democratic friends, and figure out a way to allow the tyrants to emerge triumphant.

Jack probably hopes we've all forgetten Iran and Nicaragua - how his dad beat a cowardly retreat from our friends in both areas and allowed tyrants to take over. Well, we haven't forgotten - but my bet is that we'll swiftly forget Jack Carter after November.

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