So Jimmy Carter, contrary to centuries of tradition for former Presidents, criticized the current administration, and called its foreign policy the worst in history.

Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Sure, Carter got the Nobel Peace Prize. For what? For brokering a really bad deal between Israel and the Palestinians that quickly fell apart and turned into a much worse war than what had gone on before. Carter, while President, was responsible for the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, which did nothing good or lasting in the long run. DO you see a pattern here? Carter likes to do things that look great in the short term, but always end up leaving things worse than they were before. I'm not defending Bush here, btw, just saying that Carter's track record has results already recorded by history, and they aren't good.

And lest we forget, there's the Iran hostage crisis, which was handled very badly by Carter.... And our economy tanked. And he previously criticized Reagan's Cold War policy. So Jimmy Carter has prety much always been on the wrong side, as far as results are concerned. And after all the lies documented in his recent book (plus the very use of the word apartheid int he context of Israel, which is wrong and irresponsible), I don't really see why anyone would put much credence in his words.