Jimmy Carter Lays A Wreath at Arafat's Tomb

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Jimmy Carter Lays A Wreath at Arafat's Tomb By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief April 15, 2008

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter laid a wreath of red roses at the grave of Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat during a visit to the West Bank City of Ramallah on Tuesday.

"He and Mrs. Carter and his son Jeff wanted to pay their respects to President Arafat," Carter's trip director Rick Jasculca told Cybercast News Service. But the former president didn't make any comments there, he said.

Dubbed the "godfather of terrorism," Arafat was linked to the deaths of two American diplomats in the Sudan in 1973 -- one of many terror acts laid at his feet. (See earlier story)

Twenty years later, Arafat became the first PLO leader to sign a peace agreement with an Israeli Prime Minister -- Yitzhak Rabin -- in 1993. He was considered Israel's peace partner (although many Israelis never believed it) until the beginning of the violent Palestinian uprising in September 2000. Arafat managed the terror war against Israel until his death in 2004.

U.S. officials have emphasized that Carter is visiting the Middle East as a private citizen and not as a representative of the U.S. government.

On Tuesday, the Israeli government refused Carter's request to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza. The former U.S. leader has angered the Israeli government over plans to meet Hamas's top leader, Khaled Mashaal, in Syria on Friday.

[MeekOneGOP]

When is that drooling old fool going to lose his ability to travel?
He’s already lost what little brain he had.

[baa39]

Thanks!!!

[Convert from ECUSA]

Dhimmi Jimmuh always brings to mind that line from Scripture: Woe to those that call good evil and evil good

[Kozak]

Carters future memorial....

[M. Espinola]

[PhilDragoo]

[Jim W N]

His wife, a good Christian lady, must be agonizing over the utter delusion of this deceived man whose actions amazingly seem to have become more dangerous and despicable now than when he was President.

[jmcenanly]

It astounds me how much of what is wrong with the world stems either from his administration or his post-presidential perambulations. During his administration, his failure to support the Shah lead to the rise of the Ayatollah and subsequently his acolyte, Achmed Ahmadinejad. Since he left office, he oversaw the Venezuelan election that brought Hugo Chavez to power.

He also introduced a licensing regime so strict that no one has seen fit to build either a nuclear power plant or an oil refinery on American soil since.
The greatest president of the 21st century will be the one who does most to remove the traces of Carter.

[MeekOneGOP]

buuuuuuuuuummmmp !!!

[GodGunsGuts]

==Goes to show where Jimmy’s sympathies lie. But that’s no surprise now, is it?

I try to remain as surprised as possible when it comes to America’s traitors. The alternative is to sink into apathy.