Carter: “Not Negotiating With Terrorists Is Counterproductive”
Say what? This idiot is like a bull in a China shop, geez, would somebody please yank this guy home?
Pictured: Jimmy asks “I’d like a burka for my wife, and one for myself also, please.”
AIRPORT CITY, Israel- Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he hoped to help open talks between Hamas and U.S. leaders, saying Washington’s policy of not meeting with people it labeled terrorists was counterproductive.
Carter angered Israelis with his plans to meet in Syria this week with the leader of the Islamist group, which rules Gaza and is largely responsible for rocket fire against Israeli towns. Hamas has killed some 250 Israelis in suicide bombings and has been blacklisted by the U.S. and Israel as a terrorist organization.
Speaking at an event organized by an Israeli financial newspaper, Carter said he wanted to become a “communicator” between Hamas and the U.S.
“I hope then the Israeli government will deign to meet with me—they have so far refused,” he said.
State Department spokesman Tom Casey told reporters that the U.S. has “made clear our views that we did not think now is the moment for him or anyone to be talking with Hamas.”
Casey said any meeting with Hamas officials is “something we’ve counseled against. But he is a private citizen, and it certainly is his decision.”
(AP)
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