Other U. S. Presidents Want to Own it!!
From 1977 till 1981 Jimmy Carter was President of the United States. He served just one 4-year-old term but he was perhaps the smartest {IQ wise} and most decent {for sure} President in United States history. He is now 98 years and last week chose to live out his final days at home in Plains, Georgia with only hospice care, declining further medical help. Among the U. S. presidents, Jimmy Carter displayed the most decent concern for the Cuban people in Cuba, and he was also the most frank U. S. leader regarding U.S.-Cuban Relations.
In this speech at the University of Havana, as shown above, Jimmy Carter said: "I did not come here to interfere in Cuba's internal affairs, but to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people and to offer a vision of the future for our two countries and for all the Americas." Unfortunately, no other U. S. president has ever displaced such decency to either Cuba or to the Americas.
In his long and heartfelt speech at the University of Havana, President Carter said: "I appreciate President Castro's invitation for us to visit Cuba, and have been delighted with the hospitality we have received since arriving here. It is a great honor to address the Cuban people." Both as U. S. President and as a U. S. citizen, Jimmy Carter showed respect for the Cuban people in Cuba, not just for the rich and politically powerfull Cubans in Miami and in Washington.
In his speech to the Cuban people, Jimmy Carter said: "There are some in Cuba who think the simple answer is for the United States to lift the embargo, and there are some in my country who believe the answer is for your president to step down from power and allow free elections. There is no doubt that the question deserves a more comprehensive assessment." The unique decency, honesty, and intelligence of Jimmy Carter has meant that he has been the only U. S. President to assess U.S.-Cuban relations with such sincere words.
As U. S. President and as a U. S. citizen, Jimmy Carter was not afraid to show respect for Fidel Castro...something that no other prime U. S. leader or would-be politician was/is allowed to do or was/is courageous enough to do.
As President of the United States and as America's longest living ex-President, Jimmy Carter actually knew Fidel Castro. Moreover...Jimmy Carter said, as both men were nearing 90-years-of-age, "Instead of making political or financial advantages from disparaging everything about Fidel Castro, perhaps we need a government that is capable of discerning, or even admitting, that there has always been enough Cubans on the island who worship Fidel Castro, and that helps explain his longevity as well as his legacy. We should be honest when we assess why he has survived so long." In other words, Jimmy Carter -- as a U. S. President and as a U. S. citizen -- lived his 98 years on this earth as a unique man...and even unique enough to have both the courage and the insight to view Cuba as a sovereign nation, not just as a playpen and a piggy-bank.
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