<story><title>Statement on President Carter’s Health</title><url>https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-on-president-carters-health.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wkat4242</author><text>I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada.&lt;p&gt;I know he wasn&amp;#x27;t popular in the US which I don&amp;#x27;t really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested big money interests too much and they campaigned against him. I&amp;#x27;m a European though and as such I don&amp;#x27;t know a lot about his domestic policies. Perhaps those were not as well received as his international leadership.&lt;p&gt;But I&amp;#x27;m very sure that if most world leaders were like him, the world would be a much better place.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m very sad to hear he&amp;#x27;s in a hospice now.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Miraste</author><text>He was unpopular for a number of other reasons, some of which were just bad luck. Inflation was high, the economy was poor, there was a massive oil shortage, and the Iranian hostage crisis went poorly. There were a lot of smaller issues too, like the 55mph speed limit. While he had good intentions and was far more forward thinking than other presidents, he wasn’t an adept administrator and didn’t manage to get buy-in on any of his plans. It’s another sad instance of good people making bad politicians.</text></comment>
<story><title>Statement on President Carter’s Health</title><url>https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-on-president-carters-health.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wkat4242</author><text>I have a lot of respect for Carter. Not only did he really seem interested in world peace instead of the warmongering from the MIC, he also remained active for all these years furthering humanitarian causes. And he was a brilliant nuclear engineer who cleaned up a nuclear accident with this team in Canada.&lt;p&gt;I know he wasn&amp;#x27;t popular in the US which I don&amp;#x27;t really understand. It sounds to me like he fought the vested big money interests too much and they campaigned against him. I&amp;#x27;m a European though and as such I don&amp;#x27;t know a lot about his domestic policies. Perhaps those were not as well received as his international leadership.&lt;p&gt;But I&amp;#x27;m very sure that if most world leaders were like him, the world would be a much better place.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m very sad to hear he&amp;#x27;s in a hospice now.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>coin</author><text>&amp;gt; really seem interested in world peace&lt;p&gt;Definitely. He returned the Panama Canal to Panama because it&amp;#x27;s the right thing to do despite perhaps not being in the US&amp;#x27; best interest. He advocated Palestine&amp;#x27;s rights despite all the resistance from the pro-Israel community.</text></comment>