That would be Jimmy Carter, who might have redeemed his disastrous presidency if he had stuck to Habitats for Humanity, which has worked out pretty well. The beginning of the War Against Radical Islam -- really World War III -- began when Carter paved the way for deposing the Shah of Iran and allowing Ayatollah Khomeini to return to Iran.

When the Iranians captured Americans in the embassy in Tehran he did absolutely nothing but continue to gut our military. I remember waking up on the morning of my birthday during my junior year in college hearing that a mission to rescue the hostages had gone terribly wrong. Being young and stupid myself, I still campaigned for Carter because I believed the media's nonsense that Reagan was a stupid, trigger-happy cowboy who would start World War III. Wait, don't they call Bush a stupid, trigger-happy cowboy? Some things about the left never change.

A few days ago ago we learned that Carter tried to set up a meeting with Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General Dr. Ramadan Shallah. Shallah, for those of you don't know, is a murderer, a brutal thug, and is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. Shallah refused the meeting, thank heavens. From Commentary Magazine:

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has announced that its leadership has refused former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's request for a meeting. According to PIJ's QudsNews website, Egyptian authorities contacted PIJ Secretary-General Dr. Ramadan Shallah on Carter's behalf earlier this week, inviting Shallah to meet with Carter in Cairo. Shallah is listed on the FBI's list of Most Wanted Terrorists, and the reward for information leading to his apprehension is $5 million. In turning down the request, Shallah declared that Carter is "carrying an American-Israeli agenda," while PIJ spokesman Daoud Shahab blasted Carter's criticism of Palestinian rocket attacks during the former president's visit to Sderot. E-mails and phone calls to the Carter Center press office seeking confirmation of Carter's outreach to PIJ have not been returned.

This news should finally shatter Carter's credibility as a peacemaker. Of course, Carter's decision to meet Hamas leader Khalid Meshal had already sullied his Nobel reputation, with his posse of former laureates canceling their plans to visit the Middle East with him in response. Earlier today, Carter's credibility sank even further, when CNN reported that Mahmoud al-Zahar and Said Seyam-two of Hamas' most radical leaders-would convene with Carter in Cairo.

Carter's credibility as a peacemaker? His efforts at peace-making have mostly involved giving in to the demands of terrorists. That, and fending off a killer rabbit. For those efforts (well, not the rabbit part), he won a Nobel Peace Prize. Considering that Yasser Arafat and the über-idiot Al Gore. also won the Nobel Peach Prize, he's in good company.