Posted on 04/18/2008 1:56:19 PM PDT by K-oneTexas
IPT News
April 17, 2008
As former President Jimmy Carter tours the Middle East, his plans to meet terrorist leaders have met with increasing criticism from authorities within the United States, including a senior U.S. Representative requesting Carter's passport be revoked by the State Department.
On Tuesday, Carter physically embraced senior Hamas official Nasser Shaer, a former Deputy Prime Minister in the Hamas government, at a meeting in Ramallah. Additionally, Carter has voiced his plans to meet with the Hamas' top leadership, including Mahmoud Zahar and Said Siam, in Cairo and Hamas Supreme Commander Khaled Meshaal in Damascus.
The Associated Press has reported that Hamas views Carter's latest outreach as legitimizing the terrorist group:
Heading the Hamas delegation in Cairo were Gaza leaders Mahmoud Zahar and Said Siyam. "This meeting is a message to those who don't recognize Hamas' legitimacy as a movement," Zahar said as he left for Egypt, according to Hamas' Web site.
In Cairo, Hamas spokesman Taher Nuhu told The Associated Press that the purported Thursday meeting would be "a recognition of the legitimacy" of Hamas' victory in the Palestinians' parliamentary election in 2006.
Many U.S. government officials agree, and the State Department has publicly stated that they oppose Carter's visit. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said last week, "U.S. policy is that Hamas is a terrorist organization; we don't believe it's in the interest of our policy or in the interest of peace to have such a meeting."
Carter has even attempted to orchestrate meetings with officials of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another violent Palestinian terrorist organization, which so far have rebuffed Carter's efforts.
In response to Carter's attempts at "terrorist diplomacy," Representative Sue Myrick (R-NC), called on Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to revoke Carter's passport. Of Carter, Myrick stated, "Former President Carter has acted in contradiction of international agreements to isolate Hamas. He has acted in defiance of both United States policy and international policy. His actions reward terrorists, lend support, and provide legitimacy to their belief that violence will eventually get them what they want."
Myrick said that, by law, the Secretary of State has the right to revoke passports, and Carter's behavior of consorting with hardened terrorist leaders has merited such a penalty.
In another development, yesterday Congressman Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) called for Jimmy Carter's Atlanta-based Carter Center to lose its federal funding. The Center has received over $19 million in federal funds since 2001.
These days Jimmy would be an embarrassment to Billy.......My how times change.
And a personal refund to the Treasury of the money spent having the Secret Service follow Bin-Carter around to terrorist meetings.
Too bad they can’t revoke his citizenship too. I’m sure he would love to become a citzen of Palestine, Cuba or Venezuela.
They should get a big goose egg of our tax dollars. What a disgrace. 19 million down a sh**hole.
This is all doable. Unfortunately, W would be giving his enemies another reason to call him a big ‘ol meanie. And W hates being called a big ‘ole meanie.
Deny that miscreant Carter re-entry into the United States.
I was thinking that this morning, make them keep him, deny his return.
Enforce the Logan Act! Jail Jimmy!
The drive-by’s are going to make Carter a martyr anyway, ‘cause of those nasty rightwingers at Fox.
Besides, if State did revoke his passport, Jimmah would just get a United Nations one.
He’s like kudzu. What can you do about it?
With Carter and B. Hussein Obama, I wonder how many Jews will be stoopid enough to vote for the democrats this year?
I hear a pesticide works.
I actually think that McCain has good chances of getting aprox 50% of the “Jewish vote”. Bush got about 26% 2004, which was quite a lot, while Reagan leads with 40%. Apart from Orthodox and Conservative Jews, a good number of liberal Jews would probably rather go with a moderate RINO McCain than with Obama. I’m confident on this one. Clinton however would easily lock at least 80% of their votes.
Do it before he comes back.
I, not too long ago, had the displeasure of having to shake this SOB’s hand. On a Delta Flight to DC, this bozo was headed to wherever it was that day he was doing to announce something assine and embarass the US. He made a point of going up and down the aisles ‘shaking’ everyone’s hand (He was the PRESIDENT, you know). Out of respect, I shook his hand for the office, but washed my hand afterwards. I remember the look on his Secret Service handlers -— I could not think of a more distasteful job than to protect this asshole.
Well we still lack some balls in the Republican party. Yanking his passport would be going way too easy on Jimmy bin Carter. Hamas are terrorists. Arrest him for treason.
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