An unnecessary Revolution, Jimmy.
Posted on 01/08/2009 7:14:38 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.
After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had fallen in that area, my wife, Rosalynn, and I declared their launching from Gaza to be inexcusable and an act of terrorism. Although casualties were rare (three deaths in seven years), the town was traumatized by the unpredictable explosions. About 3,000 residents had moved to other communities, and the streets, playgrounds and shopping centers were almost empty. Mayor Eli Moyal assembled a group of citizens in his office to meet us and complained that the government of Israel was not stopping the rockets, either through diplomacy or military action.
Knowing that we would soon be seeing Hamas leaders from Gaza and also in Damascus, we promised to assess prospects for a cease-fire. From Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who was negotiating between the Israelis and Hamas, we learned that there was a fundamental difference between the two sides. Hamas wanted a comprehensive cease-fire in both the West Bank and Gaza, and the Israelis refused to discuss anything other than Gaza.
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Maybe rocketing Carter’s home would give him some perspective.
What a tool.
Somebody 'splain to me what a "defensive tunnel" is.
The man is a continuing embarrassment.
An unnecessary Revolution, Jimmy.
And I declared that you are an inexcusable serial appeaser of terrorists, and that your gross incompetence, foolish errors and self-aggrandizing ignorance, both as President and afterwards, are complicit in the terrorists' acts...
Somebody ought to toss a butterfly net over Carter, then explain carefully to him that he is no longer President and that it’s OK, he can leave the negotiating and international stuff in the capable hands of the sitting President. Then tranquilize him and put him in one of those rubber rooms, wearing one of those white shirts with the long, long sleeves that cross in front and fasten inconveniently at the back.
So the Israelis were NOT supposed to respond to repeated insults to their daily lives. These were potentially very deadly insults, but because the Hamas Palestinians were rather poor at actually hitting targets, preferring instead to induce a level of uncertainty and daily threat, there were actually very few casualties.
If a person is firing wildly a you, is it not time to go to the source of the threat and instruct them in the value of good neighborliness? Jimmy Carter would not tolerate this from any person adjacent to his house behaving so badly.
Go beat off a rabbit, Jimmy.
> Somebody ‘splain to me what a “defensive tunnel” is.
I guess the London Tube was a “defensive tunnel” during the Blitz during WW-II. Perhaps the Palis were digging one of those so they could escape the Israeli shelling...
...or more likely, they were digging it so they could break Israel’s blockade and smuggle in food & weapons, and smuggle out Pali Terrorists and Homicide Bombers.
Yeah, we don't want to pay their psychiatrist bill. It's cheaper just to bury them.
Sounds good to me. My dad who died in Nov loved me to read comments like this about Carter. He hated that man so much . Your comment would have got him laughing really hard. Thanks, thinking about him laughing has put a smile on my face.
You're right, Jimuh. If Hamas didn't lob rockets into Israel breaking the cease fire, this could of all been avoided.
Jimmah is just an anti-semite.
He could be talking about zoning restrictions on a city counsel, and if he could zone something to knock down a Shul, he’d do it.
It’s basic outcome-oriented thinking -— he has no moral compass. Carter just sophists arguments around until the desired outcome is reached -— hurt the Jews, however.
I wonder how he came to be like that.
FTA:: “...my wife, Rosalynn, and I declared...”
Hamas: DILLIGAS
Somebody needs to clue Jimmy in that a cease fire means both sides stop shooting. Not just the Israelis. That pathetic boob is a constant embarrasment to everyone of us in GA
Best part of the Carter Administration for me? Being on American soil for only 30 days (I was stationed in Germany the other 1400 days).
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