Posted on 01/17/2007 8:23:56 AM PST by rface
Former President Jimmy Carter told the Arab news network Al- Jazeera that he does not consider Palestinian missile attacks on Israeli civilians -- a war crime and breach of human rights, according to the UN -- to be acts of terror.
In an interview to defend his book, Carter, apparently in an effort to not offend pro-Palestinian Muslim viewers of the program, stated that "I don't consider... I wasn't equating the Palestinian missiles with terrorism."
Carter went on to explain that other acts of Palestinian violence, like targeting civilians in bus bombings or children at schools, should not be committed because they make Palestinians look bad. Such acts, Carter explained, "create a rejection of the Palestinians among those who care about them. It turns the world away from sympathy and support for the Palestinian people."
Carter appeared on the program in order to defend his book which has come under steady fire, even by those close to him, for being one-sided and, some say, bigoted.
Last week, fourteen advisers to the Carter Center resigned their posts, outraged by claims that Carter makes in the book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.
In their resignation letter, the group told Carter that, "It seems that you have turned to a world of advocacy, including even malicious advocacy," and because of this the advisers "can no longer endorse your strident and uncompromising position".
A senior Carter Center adviser, historian Ken Stein, resigned last month over the book saying that the book is "replete with factual errors, copied materials not cited, superficialities, glaring omissions, and simply invented segments."
In the Al-Jazeera interview, Carter accused 'Jewish American organizations' to be responsible for the criticism, despite the resignations and protests of his own former staff.
In response to this perceived attack, which some have called paranoid, Carter published an open letter to American Jews explaining his position. So far, Al Jazeera has been the only major news outlet to publish the letter.
Carter .... poster child for senility
He also said the word came from the Mahdi in his book.
I would love to know who ghost wrote that book. It was almost like an OBL video.
I'll say it again, Jimmy Carter should be on the terrorist watch list.
What a pitiful fool...
Hey, Carter is the darling of the left wing moonbats. This is exactly what we are up against.
The guy is totally ga-ga and should be locked up.
I'm embarrassed Carter is from America.
It is beyond frightening to look back at the shocking fact that American voters (liberal idiots) put this nut-case in our White House ???
Poor Jimmuh. He never was very good at damage control. Kinda ironic how the muzzie terrorists brought his presidency down and he's now turning to them for validity and comfort. What a pathetic old fool.
Carter = Jew hater
We must not overlook the fact that Carter and his various enterprises receive quite a bit of funding from the Saudis.
I'll ask it first. When is his funeral that has been planned?
I don't consider the Mossad relieving us of the peanut farmer to be assassination.
Carter should have quit while he was behind. By now, everybody can see that he IS a behind.
A senior Carter Center adviser, historian Ken Stein, resigned last month over the book saying that the book is "replete with factual errors, copied materials not cited, superficialities, glaring omissions, and simply invented segments."Just thought this little quote should be highlighted, considering the fact that this book is cuurently #6 on the New York Times’s best-seller list.
Oh, so THAT'S all that's wrong with it? Bad PR for the Islamofacist.
It sure does appear that way, doesn't it?
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