Ignore Jimmy Carter

An excerpt from the op-ed follows:

Jimmy Carter’s name was once synonymous with human rights; now he’s calling for the U.S. and its allies to lift their sanctions on the Assad regime and begin funding the reconstruction of Syria.

The premise of Mr. Carter’s argument is that Assad and his minions may be capable of rising above the blood-drenched policies of the past seven years. Why not, Carter asks, “test the Syrian government’s ability to embark on a new course that has the potential to bring the war to a close?”

The answer to that question lies in the 55,000 images from Assad’s torture chambers captured by a Syrian military photographer known only as Caesar. In 2013, he fled the country, bringing with him this detailed evidence of mass murder.

Caesar testified before Congress in 2014, outfitted with a disguise to conceal his identity and protect him from retaliation. His testimony inspired the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, or Caesar Act, an aggressive sanctions package that passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support in November 2016.