When Fox News reported today based on unnamed sources in Gaza that former President Jimmy Carter plans to urge President Barack Obama to take the Palestinian militant group Hamas off the U.S. terrorist list in meetings later this week, Washington Democrats and the Obama administration collectively cringed. "The president has addressed Hamas questions, including in the Egypt speech," an administraton official said. "[We] won't have more to say about this.""Just like with President Clinton, Carter is becoming a huge problem and a growing concern for Obama," a Washington Middle East hand said. "They are very pissed with him."After observing Lebanon's elections, Carter visited Damascus last week and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, as well as exiled Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal. This week, he met with Israeli settlers in the West Bank and toured Gaza with top Hamas leader Ismail Haniya as his guide. His trip to Damascus came a day ahead of that of Obama Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell.
When Fox News reported today based on unnamed sources in Gaza that former President Jimmy Carter plans to urge President Barack Obama to take the Palestinian militant group Hamas off the U.S. terrorist list in meetings later this week, Washington Democrats and the Obama administration collectively cringed.
"The president has addressed Hamas questions, including in the Egypt speech," an administraton official said. "[We] won't have more to say about this."
"Just like with President Clinton, Carter is becoming a huge problem and a growing concern for Obama," a Washington Middle East hand said. "They are very pissed with him."
After observing Lebanon's elections, Carter visited Damascus last week and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, as well as exiled Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal. This week, he met with Israeli settlers in the West Bank and toured Gaza with top Hamas leader Ismail Haniya as his guide. His trip to Damascus came a day ahead of that of Obama Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell.
Carter increasingly looks 30 years ahead of his time and makes Obama's caution look like cowardice keep to the Fen Causeway
Carter's National Security Advisor was Brzezinski who was Obama's main foreign policy aide during the campaign.
If one wants to infer anything from Carter's actions in Palestine right now it would be more likely that he's acting on BEHALF of the Obama Admin in an under-the-radar fashion rather than in opposition to them.
This article demonstrates a point-of-view that is out of date. They simply do not understand that the Obama people are much craftier than it may appear on the surface. Anyone watching the Obama campaign, on the other hand, figured this one out a year ago.
Gitmo continues. Afghanistan has been expanded into Pakistan. No one will be prosecuted or even investigated for torture. Left-leaning senators and congresspeople are being bullied if they step too far out of line. Right-leaning decisions continue to be supported. Bankers continue to be supported. Ordinary people who are unemployed and about to lose their homes continue not to be supported. Detroit was allowed to tank when it could have been painted green. California is about to burst into flames. The public option on healthcare is looking increasingly unlikely.
He's a damn fine orator. But so far on policy, he's not as different from the previous bunch of losers as he might have been expected to be.
June 2007 folks. Read 'em and weep.
But it's different for Obama, they believe in him: And he can't deliver on those expectations; nobody really could, but he won't even try. Items already announced, such as a bigger military really will make things worse. And where do progressives go then ? It isn't despair that hurts; you can live without expectations. It's hope that will break you, every time.
