Carter is Blindingly Clueless
Former US President Jimmy Carter - who believes that Hamas is run by "so-called" terrorists - isn't done helping in the Middle East:
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is meeting with Meretz-Yahad Chairman Yossi Beilin, at Beilin's home. During the meeting, Carter said that when Arafat was elected in 1996, the former U.S. president asked him to open a dialogue with the Hamas in order to gain recognition of the PA. A meeting with the Hamas was scheduled, but Hamas leaders cancelled at the last moment.
Not to be overly 'historical' on the point, but it turns out that opening a dialogue with Arafat as bad. It gave him the legitimacy to build up arms and international political capital, which he eventually use to launch a well-planned and well-financed war. So Carter's idea turned out to be not so much good as bad. And so it would seem that doing something like that again would be (at least presumptively) not so much good - as bad.
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is meeting with Meretz-Yahad Chairman Yossi Beilin, at Beilin's home. During the meeting, Carter said that when Arafat was elected in 1996, the former U.S. president asked him to open a dialogue with the Hamas in order to gain recognition of the PA. A meeting with the Hamas was scheduled, but Hamas leaders cancelled at the last moment.
Not to be overly 'historical' on the point, but it turns out that opening a dialogue with Arafat as bad. It gave him the legitimacy to build up arms and international political capital, which he eventually use to launch a well-planned and well-financed war. So Carter's idea turned out to be not so much good as bad. And so it would seem that doing something like that again would be (at least presumptively) not so much good - as bad.
