Posted on 08/29/2006 10:48:35 PM PDT by ncountylee
For an event that would turn a page in American history, former president Jimmy Carter has agreed in principle to host former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami for talks during his visit to the United States starting this week.
Carter's term as president was dominated by the rupture in relations after the 1979 Iranian revolution and the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days until the day he left office.
Iranians made the overture for the meeting, and the Carter Center in Atlanta is working on the possible timing, said Phil Wise, the former president's aide.
"President Carter, in his role since leaving the White House, has made his office and services and center available to basically anybody who wants to talk. He believes that it is much better to be talking to people who you have problems with than not to, and that's the approach he takes now," Wise said. "I can confirm that President Carter is open to a meeting if the former president of Iran would like to have one."
Despite mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran over the latter's nuclear program, the Bush administration issued a visa for Khatami yesterday, as well as for about a dozen family and staff members, for a visit lasting about two weeks, the State Department confirmed. Khatami is expected to arrive in the United States tomorrow.
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Well at least this time we don't have to depend on this clown to actually get anything accomplished.
Your reply is too eloquent for a failure of a man who should've been tarred and feathered.
Perhaps Khatami will take Jimmy hostage for allowing the Shah of Georgia medical care.
They punk'd him in the 70's and they continue to punk him to this day... Jimmy just go sit in a corner with your crayons and coloring book please. Leave politics to the non-politically challenged..
Let's see, Iran's prez comes to the USA and the most revered democrat ex-president hosts him, will be seen smiling that big ol' smile of his with him, and we will all have such happy memories of when the dems were in charge of things...right as we get into election season.
Karl Rove has slipped a microchip into Jimmuh's oat bran and even now is cackling as he works the controls!
He'll be in violation of his own concession to Iran in 1981:
Well, sort of.....
Point I: Non-Intervention in Iranian Affairs
1. The United States pledges that it is and from now on will be the policy of the United
States not to intervene, directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in Iran's internal affairs.
Stupid sand monkeys apparently don't realize that Carter isn't president anymore.
Jimmy Carter is pathetic.
Somebody needs to do a Photoshop pic of Carter wearing a turban.
Mindboggling. Carter would probably host Bin Laden if he had the chance.
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It was once upon a time that U.S. presidents displayed the daily prestige and cognizance of the office of president"
When he and J walked during the inaguration parade - i had the feeling that we were in trouble - he gave all his power away from day one.
and - yes - I voted for him .... bought into the BS .. never again.
And that is no mean accomplishment.
Iran's former prez.
If I have some time I'll work on that later on today. I'll add a camel or jack-ass under his bottom side.
There is. It's called the Logan Act. It was passed in the 1790's. Wish someone would enforce it once in a while.
I know, sorry if I mistyped. Same difference--Carter and Iran's prez while we're going through all this with Iran.
target rich
Excellent - I'll look forward to that.
A nice companion piece to the old Jeff MacNelly political cartoon of Khomeni wearing an American flag turban.
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