The Great Diplomat Fails Again
Posted by Slobokan @ 20:13 · 408 words · print
I received a "breaking news" alert at 4 o'clock this morning. It read,
Former President Jimmy Carter says Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to "live as neighbor next door in peace."
Then, at 11:30 this morning I received another one. It read a bit differently,
Hamas' leader Khaled Mashaal says the militant Islamic group will not recognize Israel.
I was quite shocked at the stark difference between the two, so I decided to do a little investigation to see what exactly was going on. It turns out that only one is true. Can you guess which one was true?
It's a sad day when a known terrorist can tell the truth with ease but a former U.S. President can't let words leave his lips without stretching them to their very limit.
Jimmy Carter did say that Hamas was prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace", but he failed to mention that the leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal also said,
"We accept a Palestinian state within the June 4 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital — a sovereign state without settlements — as well as the right of Palestinian refugees to return, but without recognition of Israel."
He also said that Hamas was willing to offer Israel a 10-year truce if the Israeli's withdraw from all lands it seized in 1967.
Did you catch that? I'll wait while you re-read everything up to this point…
Okay, now did it sink in? Hamas still won't recognize Israel (wow, big shock there) and they're only offering a 10-year truce for "peace". What happens when the 10 years is up? Do they start sending suicide bombers into Israel again in order to "drive them from the face of the Earth". Duh. Do you really think Hamas would keep peace for 10 years, when the very day they offer this truce they also say they will never recognize Israel?
How do you offer a truce to a country you fail to recognize? How does that work?
Great job, Mr. Carter! Where are you off to next? I hear there's a small disturbance in the farce in a little country called Sudan. May the farce be with you!
In the words of the wise men of the internet, EPIC FAIL.
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Posted by Joe Takkle
April 22, 2008 @ 16:35
I used to have a lot of respect for Carter with his Habitat for Humanity programs. Then I read this. Sure Mr. Carter, Hamas wants peace. Is that why at one point they were killing more Palestinians than anyone else?
I like your input. Congrats on the comfy chair, too.