Poor little Jimmy
Jimmy Carter never met a terrorist organization that he didn't really like.
From Hamas (
NY Times - 2009):
Carter, in Gaza, Urges Hamas to Meet Demands
to Chavez (
Front Page Magazine - 2004):
The Carter-Chavez Connection
to the Taliban (
Huffington Post - 2009):
Jimmy Carter: 'Hamid Karzai Has Stolen the Election'
and on and on and on. The man may have some strong personal moral convictions but in terms of dealing with terrorists, he is a doddering senile old fool who has no call to be lending any sort of legitimacy to the power grabbing of those who oppose us.
The US Supreme Court just ruled on something that is going to be a wonderful tool for hunting down those who support terrorism and will be putting a major crimp in President Carter's lifestyle.
From Cassy Fiano at
Hot Air:
Jimmy Carter upset that SCOTUS ruling means he can�t pal around with terrorist groups anymore
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law barring material support for foreign terrorist organizations. And right on time, America�s favorite useful idiot has come out swinging against it. Jimmy Carter is upset because, with this federal law upheld, he won�t be able to pal around with his buddies in Hamas and Hezbollah anymore.
Cue the tiny little violin playing:Former President Jimmy Carter has voiced concern that Monday�s Supreme Court ruling on �material support� to terrorist groups may criminalize his �work to promote peace and freedom.�
Carter, whose advocacy has entailed contact with groups designated by the U.S. government as �foreign terrorist organizations� (FTOs) � notably Hamas and Hezbollah � said he was disappointed by the court decision.
� Arguing that there can be no peace in the region without those groups� participation, Carter has reached out to Hamas and Hezbollah, rejecting criticism that doing so could be viewed as legitimizing their violent activities. Since the 1980s both groups have killed hundreds of people in suicide bombings and other terror attacks, most of them Israelis and Americans.
Some people argue that organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah need help to overcome their murderous tendencies; that with advocacy and humanitarian support, they�ll see the error of their ways and turn to peace. These people, Jimmy Carter being one of them, are delusional. The reality is that there is no logical reasoning you can use to persuade the illogical, bloodthirsty murderers who make up these foreign terrorist organizations to become peaceful. Hamas, for example, has murdered hundreds (if not thousands) of innocent Israelis and Americans. Hezbollah wants to round up all Jews and put them in Israel so that they can be slaughtered. (Remember this blood-chilling exchange between David Horowitz and an MSA student at UCSD?)
So sad, too bad. Carter must be feeling pretty good these days though -- he is no longer America's worst president in recent history (W. Wilson is the historical worst)
Posted by DaveH at June 23, 2010 1:26 PM