Breaking: Carter Denied Entry Into Gaza
I sincerely believe that in addition to just being a fucked-up leftist, Jimmy Carter is plagued with so much mental illness brought on by having to live every day with the crushing humiliation of his general tag “The Worst President In The History Of The Union”, that he has lost all genuine connection to, and clarity of perception of, the world around him. He sees the world and its events exclusively through the prism of “What can it do to restore my image, reputation and legacy?” He sees the Middle East exclusively as an opportunity to bring some bullshit temporary peace to it strictly for the sake of his ego, and engages in no honest assessment of what is required for lasting peace and stability in the region. Like Al Gore trying to overcome the psychic damage of losing the Presidency by becoming The Man Who Saved The World, whether that “saving” from its alleged fantastical Global Warming crisis is even real or not, Carter is engaged in the same pursuit, currently unfortunately like a bull in a China shop, crashing through Israel and the region, hoping exclusively to put himself in the middle of solving its problems, to the point where engaging in fantastical “peace talks” with Hamas are a part of his program. Jimmah just wants to be a hero, and is willing to try any fucking thing to be perceived as one. This is his last great shot at redemption, and so he’s desperate enough to even try talking to Hamas in the Quixotic gamble that it might pay off. Or at least put him back on center stage, above Tony Blair, Bush and Rice, as the great negotiator of peace in the region with his proposed new role as “permanent go-between for Hamas and the West”. This whole escapade is not about “doing the right thing”, it’s all about “doing the Jimmy Thing.” You are watching him perform the diplomatic version of Britney Spears flashing her twat - he’s literally willing to do anything for attention.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter, shunned by Israeli leaders over his plans to meet Hamas, said on Tuesday he sought permission to enter the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip but was turned down.,
Carter did not single out Israel by name for having turned down his request to visit Gaza, which Hamas seized in June after routing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s secular Fatah faction.
All of the border crossings between Israel and Gaza are controlled by the Jewish state. Egyptian forces are stationed at Gaza’s southern border, which is largely closed.
“I haven’t been able to get permission to go into Gaza. I would like to. I asked for permission. But I was turned down. But maybe we can find a way to circumvent that. I don’t know yet,” Carter said after meeting diplomats in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The former U.S. leader has angered the Israeli government over plans to meet Hamas’s top leader, Khaled Meshaal, in Syria, and for describing Israeli policy in the occupied Palestinian territories as “a system of apartheid” in a 2006 book.
Carter, who has stressed he was not acting as a negotiator or a mediator, said he hoped “just as a communicator” to relay to “the leaders of the United States” what Hamas and Syria have to say.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner met Israel’s ceremonial president Shimon Peres but was shunned by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other top policymakers.
PROTECTION
Israel’s secret service also declined to assist U.S. agents guarding Carter, American sources familiar with the matter said. An Israeli security source said the Shin Bet security service did not receive a request to provide him with protection.
Carter said on Tuesday he would use his meeting with Meshaal to “get him to agree to a peaceful resolution of differences, both with the Israelis… and also with Fatah.”
“Since Syria and Hamas will have to be involved in the final peace agreement, they ought to be involved in the discussions leading up to … peace,” said Carter, who brokered Israel’s first peace treaty with an Arab neighbor, Egypt, signed in 1979.
Israel and the United States have sought to isolate Hamas in the Gaza Strip and bolster Abbas, who holds sway in the occupied West Bank and has launched U.S.-backed peace talks with Olmert.
The Bush administration and Israel oppose Carter’s planned meeting with Meshaal, whose Islamist group won Palestinian parliamentary elections in 2006 but was boycotted by the West for refusing to renounce violence and recognize Israel.
During his visit to Ramallah on Tuesday, Carter said he planned to meet Palestinian political leaders, including Naser al-Shaer, who served as deputy prime minister in the Hamas-led government formed after the 2006 election.
“I’m just trying to understand different opinions and communicate … between people who won’t communicate with each other,” he said. “So I think that if he (Meshaal) does have anything constructive to say, he or the president of Syria…, then I will bring that to other people.”
Hamas leaders have offered a long-term truce with Israel in return for a viable Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, but the group’s 1988 founding charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.
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Every time Jimmy Carter touches anything it goes to hell. It is beyond reality the death this man have caused.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:20 amCarter has the Midas touch. Everything he touches, turns to mufflers.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:37 amWhen you think about it, Carter has been able to pull off the double tarnished medal:
(1) The Worst President In The History Of The Union, (2) The Worst Ex-President In The History Of The Union. He’s now thinking about entering the decathlon of Olympic Presidential Worsts…
Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator televised during the Olympics - “And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during warm-ups and it was amazing!”
April 15th, 2008 at 6:55 amCan he be denied access to the USA upon his return? That would be nice.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:45 am“Israel’s secret service also declined to assist U.S. agents guarding Carter”
Given the choice, the U.S. agents would also decline. That’s hard, but it’s fair.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:51 amIf the secret service is giving him protection as a former president, then he is not going as a private citizen, then he is in violation of the Logan Act.
Whether or not this is valid would be for the courts to decide. Frog march the old bastard to Leavenworth.
April 15th, 2008 at 8:08 am“…He’s now thinking about entering the decathlon of Olympic Presidential Worsts…”
LOL GN - A gold meddler?
April 15th, 2008 at 8:11 amIsn’t it about time this guy was awarded his 1st class ticket to hell?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:33 amWhere is Alzheimer’s when you need it?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:48 amI’ve never been sure what to make of Carter (in his post-presidential re-invention, at any rate).
One thing is for certain, however: if he really believes all the foolishness he preaches, the man is the epitome of the phrase “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions” (and this is being very, very generous to say the least) and he is, perhaps, the most naive individual to ever attain high elected (or non-elected) office in the *history of the world*.
I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say Carter is a rival of Chamerlain as far as destructive naive and willful ignorance are concerned.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:49 amMaybe the Israeli’s have a daily quota on “Fucking Morons” and he just got there a little late…
April 15th, 2008 at 9:51 am“I’m just trying to understand different opinions and communicate … between people who won’t communicate with each other,”
irrefutable proof the guy is a fuck-tard and has no clue whats going on. these “people” will communicate, just the terrorists make promises and ceasefires only to break them. they communicate… the islamists just lie.
for carter to realize this he must first stop hating israel!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:38 amSteve in NC:
Wasn’t The Logan Act scrubbed from the books last year when Naughty Nancy rolled in the hay with that Syrian guy whose head looks like a dick?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:52 amPic of JImmah and one of his other good buddies:
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/hometechpc/carter-chavez-best-02.jpg
April 15th, 2008 at 11:17 amoohh snap! haha
April 15th, 2008 at 2:05 pm