Where's Jimmy Now??

The Washington Times notes the strange silence of many of the most vocal Iraq war critics, especially Jimmy Carter (from OpinionJournal.com):

The Carter Center determined that the security situation in Iraq was going to be too dangerous to send election monitors, so the Atlanta-based human rights organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter posted its personnel in neighboring Jordan. . . .

Asked whether the Carter Center had a comment on the election, spokeswoman Kay Torrance said: "We wouldn't have any 'yea' or 'nay' statement on Iraq."

Mr. Carter told NBC's "Today" show in September that he was confident the elections would not take place. "I personally do not believe they're going to be ready for the election in January . . . because there's no security there," he said.

James Taranto, who writes the Best of the Web, added this comment:

We'd love to hear Jimmy Carter say "I was wrong," but even we aren't idealistic enough to think that's going to happen in this lifetime. Still, shaming him into silence is almost as great an achievement as bringing democracy to the heart of the Arab world. Chalk up another triumph for George W. Bush.

I couldn't have said it better myself.