I often wonder what goes through the mind of Former President Jimmy Carter. I can understand, after such an ineffective presidency, that he would want to salvage his legacy by being a diplomat to the world. Why doesn’t he ever visit the poor / neglected / needy / less fortunate countries that don’t have dictators running them or those that sponsor terrorism? I just don’t get it.
Former President Jimmy Carter is reportedly preparing an unprecedented meeting with the leader of Hamas, an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.
The Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Tuesday that Carter was planning a trip to Syria for mid-April, during which he would meet with Khaled Meshal, the exiled head of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, on April 18.
Deanna Congileo, Carter’s press secretary, confirmed in an e-mail to FOXNews.com that Carter will be in the Mideast in April. Pressed for comment, Congileo did not deny that the former president is considering visiting Meshal.
This time, it’s worse than overseeing the election in Venezuela for Hugo Chavez. It’s worse than rubbing elbows with Fidel Castro. It’s worse than inviting Robert Mugabe to the White House. This time he is meeting with the exiled head of a terrorist organization.
This may not surprise you, it really doesn’t surprise me. I just can’t figure out why he keeps meeting with people that have no intention of changing the world by trying to make it a better place. Some of you may be living under rocks or in polygamist compounds in the middle of Texas and not know what Hamas is.
Some people don’t think this is too bad yet. Me? I think they need to get a new lcd monitor or something, because you’d have to be blind to think otherwise.
Answers.com says:
Militant Palestinian Islamic movement. The group is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the creation of a Palestinian Islamic state. It was founded in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmad Yasin, and its leadership comes from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas’s aims are more militant: it takes the position that Palestine cannot be surrendered to non-Muslims. It opposed the 1993 peace agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel. Beginning in 2000, the group intensified its violent acts against Israelis, including numerous suicide bombings. In 2006 Hamas participated in the elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council and won a surprise victory over Fatah.
Wikipedia says:
Hamas was created in 1987 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin of the Gaza wing of the Muslim Brotherhood at the beginning of the First Intifada. Best known for multiple suicide bombings and other attacks[4] directed against civilians and Israeli military and security forces targets, Hamas’ charter calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and its replacement with a Palestinian Islamic state in the area that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.[5] The organization is widely described as antisemitic.
Even the dictionary defines Hamas:
a Palestinian Islamic movement engaged in grass-roots organizing and terrorism against Israel.
Here are some members of Hamas:
Here are some of the things Hamas members do:
Exactly why is he so infatuated with meeting with dictators and terrorists? What is he trying to accomplish? What are his motives?
Surely a world diplomat would be working to make this world a better place, right?
Since he left the office of president and started his never ending tour of diplomacy, what exactly has Jimmy Carter done to help the world? Habitat for Humanity does not count, it’s a community service not a diplomatic one.
What has he done besides endorse murderous dictators and exalt terrorists by putting them in the spotlight for all their followers to see, while he undermines current U.S. policy? I just don’t get it.
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