It truly is reprehensible. I can barely find the words to express the outrage as I read the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel spin given to Jimmy Carter’s talks with Hamas.
Here are the plain facts: Hamas offered nothing new. Hamas did not agree to recognize Israel in any way, shape or form. Hamas did not give any proof that Gilad Shalit is still alive. Hamas did not say they would agree to visitation for Shalit—which would be within keeping of international law, something that Carter never seems to notice—nor did Hamas make any concessions, changes, or teeny, tiny moves towards a middle ground with Israel. Hamas did not even bother to stop firing rockets while Carter was there, except during the time he was physically in Sderot. Doubtless they went by the schedule the Carter center reps sent ahead of time. Can’t be dropping rockets and having sniper fire hit the most visible tool Hamas has ever had the fortune to come across. And Hamas tried three times in the last week to invade Israel and murder and kidnap Israelis, the last time the day after Carter spoke with Hamas leaders.
So who is the obstacle to peace, according to Carter?
Israel and the United States. And he says this even as Hamas launches more rockets, and threatens more attacks. Way to go, Jimmy. I think you need a new title. I think we’re going to call you America’s No. 1 Schmuck. Hell, even the AP is telling the world that Hamas lied to Carter, and that Carter is basically full of crap when he says Hamas wants peace.
Former President Carter said Monday that the Islamic group Hamas was willing to accept the Jewish state as a “neighbor next door,” but the militants did not match their upbeat words with concrete steps to halt violence.
Hamas, which advocates Israel’s destruction, instead recycled previous offers, including a 10-year truce if Israel takes the unlikely step of withdrawing from the West Bank and Jerusalem first.
Hamas has repeatedly confounded observers with its conflicting messages. Actions on the ground – seven rockets were fired on Israel from Hamas-ruled Gaza Monday, including one that wounded a 4-year-old boy – contradicted the Islamic militant group’s positive words about coexistence and a truce.
And a leader of the Hamas military wing, which carried out a twin suicide bombing on the Gaza border Saturday, said his group would step up attacks against Israel in coming days.
The world is laughing at you, Jimmy. They know you’re around the bend. And I think it’s only a matter of time before the average person puts two and two together and figures out that Jimmy Carter’s real problem with Israel is—Jews.
The salvo of rockets came despite a last-minute phone call from Carter, urging a one-month halt to attacks on Israel, to gain some international goodwill and defuse tensions.
“I did the best I could,” Carter said of his conversation with Hamas supreme leader, Khaled Mashaal, pressing him to declare a one-month truce. “They turned me down, and I think they’re wrong.”
Useless tool. No, not useless. Useful for legitimizing terrorists. And they’re claiming that legitimacy.
“This meeting is a message to those who don’t recognize Hamas’s legitimacy as a movement,†the former Palestinian foreign minister, Mahmoud al-Zahar, was quoted as saying on the Hamas Web site.
I think I’m going to have to declare this site a Carter-free zone as of tomorrow. I can’t take this fool for much longer.
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the – Web Reconnaissance for 04/22/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often.
“Schmuck” seems a rather weak word to describe Carter. I do not know any word that would fit, he is so weaselly, lying, vicious, and bigoted all at the same time. We may have to invent a word, probably a catenation of several extremely vile words, in order to adequately describe this specimen.
Actually, Jimmy Carter’s mission was a success, if it showed that Hamas cannot be dealt with at all, not even by their best friend in the Western world, Jimmy Carter. This trip will probably serve to isolate Hamas even further.