cfbleachers: good to see you here, and great call on Billy.

In the interest of fairness and balance, I would like to remind you all of the creativity and boldness of Carter’s forward-thinking foreign policy. Have you forgotten that it was Carter who established the doctrine of “Pointless, Pre-emptive Surrender,” epitomized by the president’s unilateral decision to make U.S. athletes forfeit their prospective victories at the 1980 Moscow Olympics before the competition had even opened?

This stroke of brilliance set in motion a diabolically Machiavellian process by which, four years later, the Soviets were deftly manipulated into forfeiting the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. As a true visionary, Carter of course knew that Reagan would get all the credit for U.S. athletes’ dominance in L.A., and that the result would be a landslide victory for Reagan the following November. With an electoral mandate in hand – compliments of Jimmy Carter’s clairvoyance and public-spirited largesse – Reagan had the necessary political capital to bomb Ghadafi whenever he felt like it, thus enacting Carter’s final revenge against the Libyans who had so cluelessly been taken in by Billy’s cleverly orchestrated and deceptive overtures to them several years before. So we have Carter to thank for Libya’s disappearance from the terror-sponsoring industry for a good long time after 1986.

While some may find his current overtures to the Palestinians and accompanying condemnation of Israel troubling, for those who have eyes to see, it’s plain that he is setting up the Palis the same way he set up the Libyans. We must all admire his genius, and wish him perfect success in this new venture.