https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2011/09/28/totalitarian-temptations-from-carter-to-obama/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:37:20 -0400<![CDATA[I keep having flashbacks to Jimmy Carter.  The Cairo speech was in many ways a throwback to Carter&#8217;s famous &#8220;we are now free of that inordinate fear of communism&#8221; pronunciamento at Notre Dame. Those old enough, will recall that President Carter in essence said the Soviet Union and international Communism were really nothing to worry about, that the Cold War was over, and that we would henceforth conduct a suitably modest foreign policy instead of the strident, aggressive, morally improper kind that his predecessors had waged. We would support human rights everywhere, but not in such a way as to threaten hostile tyrants.]]>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:28:31 -0400<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2011/09/28/totalitarian-temptations-from-carter-to-obama-n187377