hjmick
04-10-2008, 01:31 PM
What the hell does Jimmy Carter think he is doing? It's already well established that he favors the Palestinian cause, does he believe commiserating with Hamas will in some way legitimize their tactics and goals (destroying Israel)? He hasn't already pissed of Israel enough? I'm sure they consider him an enemy of the state. Is he looking for another Nobel for not actually bringing peace...anywhere? Of course, we now know, thanks to a Nobel official who "inadvertently" leaked the information, that Carter's Nobel Prize was actually meant as a slap at America. I love it when that kind of criteria is used for handing out awards.
I have to agree with Time magazine, they wrote that some of Carter's "Lone Ranger work has taken him dangerously close to the neighborhood of what we used to call treason." How is it not? Now he's going to cozy up to Hamas? What? Does he miss his old friend Yasir? Now he needs a new terrorist buddy?
Well, I didn't like Carter when he sat in the Oval Office, and he's done nothing since leaving it that has caused me to change my opinion of the man. He should have never left his farm.
State Department: Carter Meeting With Terrorists 'Not in the Interest of Peace'
Thursday, April 10, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
NEW YORK — Former President Jimmy Carter's upcoming meeting with senior officials of the Palestinian terror group Hamas is "not in the interest of peace," according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
FOX News confirmed today that Carter will travel to Syria next week for an unprecedented meeting with the senior leadership of Hamas. The State Department has designated Hamas a “foreign terrorist organization,” a stance McCormack reiterated today.
McCormack said that although the State Department would "provide support befitting a former President," Carter had been "counseled" earlier this week that such a meeting was not in the interest of U.S. foreign policy.
FOXNews.com first reported Tuesday on an item in the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat that said Carter was preparing an unprecedented meeting with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of Hamas who lives in Damascus.
McCormack once said of the prospect of meeting with Meshal, “That’s not something that we could possibly conceive of.”
Earlier today a senior Hamas official confirmed reports of the meeting, according to the Associated Press.
The official, Mohammed Nazzal, told the AP that Carter sent an envoy to Damascus requesting a meeting with Hamas leadership, including Meshal, and that Hamas "welcomed the request." The meeting will take place on April 18, he said...
Complete story... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348989,00.html)
I liked this line:
"Carter had been "counseled" earlier this week that such a meeting was not in the interest of U.S. foreign policy."
So he has basically said screw you, I don't give two rips about U.S. foreign policy. Look, I realize that a lot of people do not like our President, but he is the President. Like it or not. And as President, he determines ultimately what U.S. foreign policy will be. Does his dislike for this administration justify his attempts to undermine U.S. foreign policy? I certainly don't believe that it does.
Another good one:
"Carter sent an envoy to Damascus requesting a meeting with Hamas leadership"
HE called them!!?? What the hell?
The sooner this man drops out of public life, the better.
I have to agree with Time magazine, they wrote that some of Carter's "Lone Ranger work has taken him dangerously close to the neighborhood of what we used to call treason." How is it not? Now he's going to cozy up to Hamas? What? Does he miss his old friend Yasir? Now he needs a new terrorist buddy?
Well, I didn't like Carter when he sat in the Oval Office, and he's done nothing since leaving it that has caused me to change my opinion of the man. He should have never left his farm.
State Department: Carter Meeting With Terrorists 'Not in the Interest of Peace'
Thursday, April 10, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
NEW YORK — Former President Jimmy Carter's upcoming meeting with senior officials of the Palestinian terror group Hamas is "not in the interest of peace," according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
FOX News confirmed today that Carter will travel to Syria next week for an unprecedented meeting with the senior leadership of Hamas. The State Department has designated Hamas a “foreign terrorist organization,” a stance McCormack reiterated today.
McCormack said that although the State Department would "provide support befitting a former President," Carter had been "counseled" earlier this week that such a meeting was not in the interest of U.S. foreign policy.
FOXNews.com first reported Tuesday on an item in the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat that said Carter was preparing an unprecedented meeting with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of Hamas who lives in Damascus.
McCormack once said of the prospect of meeting with Meshal, “That’s not something that we could possibly conceive of.”
Earlier today a senior Hamas official confirmed reports of the meeting, according to the Associated Press.
The official, Mohammed Nazzal, told the AP that Carter sent an envoy to Damascus requesting a meeting with Hamas leadership, including Meshal, and that Hamas "welcomed the request." The meeting will take place on April 18, he said...
Complete story... (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348989,00.html)
I liked this line:
"Carter had been "counseled" earlier this week that such a meeting was not in the interest of U.S. foreign policy."
So he has basically said screw you, I don't give two rips about U.S. foreign policy. Look, I realize that a lot of people do not like our President, but he is the President. Like it or not. And as President, he determines ultimately what U.S. foreign policy will be. Does his dislike for this administration justify his attempts to undermine U.S. foreign policy? I certainly don't believe that it does.
Another good one:
"Carter sent an envoy to Damascus requesting a meeting with Hamas leadership"
HE called them!!?? What the hell?
The sooner this man drops out of public life, the better.