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| Consensus Achieved. Carter Useless |
| 2008-04-23 |
| Last week's meeting between former US president Jimmy Carter and the exiled leader of Hamas militants did not produce any results, Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Malki said here Wednesday. Surprise, surprise, surprise! "President Carter came to the region thinking he could achieve something. Unfortunately president Carter left without anything concrete," he told a conference in the Spanish capital. Proving once again how witless and irrelevant he is. "The only thing he achieved was permission on the part of Khaled Meshaal of Hamas to deliver a letter from a detained Israeli soldier to his family. Nothing else," he said. I hadn't heard that." Hamas offered nothing to president Carter. They reiterated the same positions. There was no change on the part of Hamas," Malki added. Maybe that's because Hamas has nothing to offer but pain, suffering, and death. Carter's meetings with top Hamas leader Meshaal and his deputy in Syria angered Israel and the United States, which consider the movement a terror group despite its victory in 2006 elections. He was unable to secure a ceasefire or a prisoner exchange for an Israeli soldier seized by Gaza militants in 2006, but on Monday Carter said Hamas told him it would recognise Israel's right to exist if such a deal was approved by a Palestinian vote. Just hours later Meshaal told a press conference in Damascus that Hamas would not recognise the Jewish state and would insist on the right of return for 4.5 million Palestinian refugees. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #17 Does that mean that "___" is a Paleo, since the Israelis finally gave them fuel to run their only power station? And, to think, the very first site he graced us at was here at the 'burg! *snicker* |
| Posted by: BA 2008-04-23 22:15 |
| #16 damn .... "____", you were soooo promising (sorry I missed whatever garbage you were trying to post :-( now we'll never know. Oh well next? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-23 21:40 |
| #15 elto: Carter believes his own press reports--thinks he was the one responsible for the breakthrough in the Camp David accords. And if his magic touch worked once, why isn't it working again? Must be the Israelis' fault... Hamas is poor, so obviously they must be the righteous ones. Liberation theology isn't just found at Trinity |
| Posted by: James 2008-04-23 20:48 |
| #14 Whoever (I think it was Einstein?) said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result," must have been talking about Carter. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2008-04-23 16:27 |
| #13 Redneck Jim, I used too. Not enough time now. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-04-23 16:04 |
| #12 I'm using the methane that's being produced to fuel my new hybrid MoralSuperioritymobile.(Now with extra Smugythene in the blend) |
| Posted by: charger 2008-04-23 15:51 |
| #11 You haven't noticed that the truly Evil, seem to live forever, long past their "Normal" lifespans? Hence the growing suspicion at the 'burg that Jimmy is actually undead zombie Worst President Ever. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-04-23 15:33 |
| #10 "Carter Useless" Nonsense. He can always serve as a very bad example. Of course, he could do that posthumously as well.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-23 15:17 |
| #9 Nobody's useless. He's about the best contrarian indicator on the planet today. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-04-23 15:14 |
| #8 You haven't noticed that the truly Evil, seem to live forever, long past their "Normal" lifespans? Deacon, you build flintlocks too? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-04-23 15:10 |
| #7 #1 The next time I wanna to hear about Jimmy Carter is when and where he's gonna be buried. So I can...ummmmmmmmm..."visit". any ideas how we could take a "ummmmmmmmm" on that useless pos now? |
| Posted by: RD 2008-04-23 14:30 |
| #6 Also good for browning rifle barrels. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-04-23 13:03 |
| #5 The only thing he achieved was permission on the part of Khaled Meshaal of Hamas to deliver a letter from a detained Israeli soldier to his family. Nothing else," he said. Carter thought this would be his big chance to show how he could negotiate a hostage release and he failed.... again. No one respects weakness in a leader. |
| Posted by: Sninert Black9312 2008-04-23 13:02 |
| #4 Very useful for tanning leather the old-fashioned way, or so I understand, charger. Smelly, though. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-23 12:31 |
| #3 The next time I wanna to hear about Jimmy Carter is when and where he's gonna be buried. So I can...ummmmmmmmm..."visit". I'm storing buckets of ...stuff... in anticipation of the day. |
| Posted by: charger 2008-04-23 12:23 |
| #2 Get in line, tu. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-04-23 11:53 |
| #1 The next time I wanna to hear about Jimmy Carter is when and where he's gonna be buried. So I can...ummmmmmmmm..."visit". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-23 11:31 |