Lawrence Wright: "Saya pikir kita memberi Jimmy Carter terlalu banyak...

"Saya pikir kita memberi Jimmy Carter terlalu banyak kredit untuk berpikir dia tahu apa yang akan terjadi ketika dia menggunakan kata "apartheid." Itu provokatif, tapi itu seperti bom nuklir di Israel. Namun kata itu digunakan sepanjang waktu di pers Israel. Ada standar ganda di sana. Dia mungkin mengambilnya di Israel, seperti yang biasa dibahas. Saya akan sedikit terkejut jika dia mengerti bagaimana itu akan digunakan untuk melawannya. Dia tidak memiliki detektor emosi yang sangat maju. Sebagai seorang politisi, itu adalah kelemahan."

--- Lawrence Wright

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I think we give Jimmy Carter too much credit to think he knew what was going to happen when he used the word "apartheid." It's provocative, but it was like a nuclear bomb in Israel. And yet that word is used all the time in the Israeli press. There's a double standard there. He probably picked it up in Israel, as it's commonly discussed. I'd be a little surprised if he understood how it was going to be used against him. He doesn't have a highly developed emotional detector. As a politician, that was a weakness.