Carter: Hamas “So-Called” Terrorists?
That’s what Jimmy Carter called them recently. Here’s more ‘Jimmy gems’:
Former President Jimmy Carter expressed optimism Friday over Hamas’ participation in next week’s Palestinian parliamentary elections, saying that while the group may be terrorists, at least they’re not corrupt. Interviewed Friday, Carter said that although Hamas were “so-called terrorists,” so far “there have been no complaints of corruption against [their] elected officials.”
Who cares if anyone has characterized Hamas as corrupt? If they’re honest with fellow Palestinians but keep attempting more suicide bombings, they’re still terrorists. President Carter obviously doesn’t think that’s important as long as they aren’t “corrupt”.
I’d guarantee that Israelis wouldn’t care whether Hamas’ elected officials were corrupt. They’d care whether they were intent on killing Israelis. That’s all that the U.S. should care about, too.
Citing his own negotiations with Palestinian Liberation Organization chief Yassir Arafat, however, Carter said sometimes you have to learn to work with terrorists. At the time of Carter’s Camp David Accords, the PLO was still outlawed as a terrorist organization.
Can you believe that Carter said that “sometimes you have to learn to work with terrorists”? I much prefer President Bush’s strategy where you annihilate terrorists before they can terrorize people. I’ll bet that the Israeli people think that killing terrorists before they strap on an explosives belt is a superior way of dealing with terrorists.
Those quotes show why Carter rightfully deserves the recognition of being the worst foreign policy president in American history.
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing
January 21st, 2006 at 5:55 pm
“Those quotes show why Carter rightfully deserves the recognition of being the worst foreign policy president in American history.” Actually, President George Bush is giving him a run for his money. Here is an intelligent quote from our “Conservative” President: “They misunderestimated me”
January 21st, 2006 at 6:03 pm
“I much prefer President Bush’s strategy where you annihilate terrorists before they can terrorize people.” You know nothing about annihilating anyone, Gary. You are 50 year old man who NEVER served in the U.S. Military. Big talk from a man who says: “In the end, I do see voter turnout being down somewhat from before but not nearly enough to change the balance of power in either house of Congress” You are not worried but that does not mean the rest of us are not.
January 22nd, 2006 at 9:50 am
Jimmy Carter, as a matter of fact, was the ONLY american president who has his head screwed on straight. He was the first to win Arab approval (not something common at all) and if our presidents followed his footsteps, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would have been solved decades ago, rather than having a one-sided, biased government. Bush’s roadmap to peace has been respected (and accepted) by hamas, it is Israel that hasn’t stopped the settlement building.
January 22nd, 2006 at 11:10 am
Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy was a soothing elixir to the left brewed from equal parts of appeasement and naivite. The Arab world certainly approved because it was a clear path to the destruction of Israel. What they could not win on the battlefield of ‘56, ‘67 and ‘73 they could win at the bargaining table with Jimmy Carter. His weakness encouraged the Soviets to invade Afghanistan, the Vietnamese to rape Cambodia, the Iranians to fall under Islamic fascism and countless other murderous thugs in Africa and Central America to grab for power when America was not willing to stand up. His legacy is failure and shame.