Jimmy Carter actually said...

"The United States is not hostile towards Islam as a religion."

"I am not going to take any military action that would cause bloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack them or to punish them."

"Every hostage and every person who loves those hostages, not just the families but 220 million American people, thank you for the superb work that you have done in ensuring, so far, the safety."

"Such actions are not consistent with the beliefs of the vast majority of Puerto Ricans, whatever their political views."