Before the college student could grin in agreement, Carter did the mathematics of bloodshed. He said that for every Israeli killed in the conflict, 30 to 40 Palestinians die because of Israel’s superior military and “pinpoint accuracy.”Tigerhawk notes that, not surprisingly, Jimmy Carter has no clue what he is talking about:
Actually, since Yasser Arafat ordered up the current intifada on September 29, 2000, 4,604 Palestinian Arabs have died compared to 1,033 Israelis (figures through February 2008). That's according to the manifestly anti-Israeli IfAmericansKnew.com. So while any politician can manipulate statistics and I am sure Jimmy Carter could cherry-pick some period of time in which "30 to 40" Palestinians died compared to a single Israeli, in the sweep of this war the ratio is more like 4.6 to 1. Carter essentially lied, certainly within the political blogger standard for the term. Anybody have a problem with that?Carter may claim he is an emissary for peace, but bottom line he is a politician pushing his own agenda--and the only thing reliable about him is that he will say anything to push that agenda.
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