Thank God for someone with the balls to at least talk to Hamas ... three cheers for Jimmy Carter!
My brother Richard in Connecticut and I rant often enough about the way in which the US Government is sliding ever further into the wings/comfort zone of the Israel Lobby--to be distinguished from the "Jewish Lobby." Well, former President Jimmy Carter's seeming decision to visit with the leader of Hamas during this coming week is a genuine step in the opposite direction and he seems to be doing what Obama says he'd do, but, in reality WON'T.
Like me, Carter is willing to look "at both sides" of the Hamas-Isreal argument and has been pretty critical, in my view, of the settlements ... coming a good while after he brokered the 1978 Peace agreement between Isreal and Egypt. The Pro-Israel lobbyists in America have cowed almost everyone else (Democrats, Republicans, etc.) to where no one wants to even talk to Hamas and try to put a stop to the violence there.
Three cheers for Jimmy Carter!
I say all of that without having yet read the actual full book he wrote...that is, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. Hopefully Obama will have the audacity to hope for peace there too--to the point of reversing his statements of yesterday and going there himself to at least talk with Hamas.
posted by Dr. Joe @ 5:32 AM
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I agree with you, Dr. Joe. As long as they're talking, maybe they won't be fighting. On Friday I heard Hannity (since Randi Rhodes is off Air America, I went slumming it) urging his listeners to call their Senator and Representative and insist that Carter's Passport be revoked because he wants to have a rapport with Hamas. Hannity is such an idiot! Yes Sean, what we need today is LESS talking, communication, and negotiation. Wasn't Hamas legitimately elected? In a somewhat Democratic system? Kind of like modern-day Iraq? I guess Bush Administration "Democracy" is acceptable as long as who "they" support is elected. Carter may not be the best president ever elected, but his Administration looks golden when compared to the current Administration.
More rants about the "pro Israel lobby." The poor Jews. They do all the right things like simply organize themselves and engage in the democratic process and they still have to take heat.
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