Last month we missed the chance to blog this example of media cycle of violence idiocy from Spiegel's Gaza correspondent Ulrike Putz:

In the coming weeks, there will probably be the usual trading of blows between the two enemies. Meanwhile, the conflict's direction will crystallize. But will it escalate or ease off? Hamas has shown that it can cripple life in an entire Israeli city, should it choose to. Now the ball is in the Israelis' court.

But now this charming combination - thuggish pseudo-celebration of Hamas's war crimes in the context of cycle of violence sophistication - has been revitalized in international discourse by that guy:

Jimmy Carter... sounds like a moral relativist, for whom there are no universal truths by which to judge behavior. This is manifested in the juxtapositions he so effortlessly makes. Speaking Monday, he denounced the Palestinians' "despicable terrorism" against Sderot. Yet when Israel tracks down and arrests the "despicable" terrorists, Carter gets equally passionate about the need to release them. To Carter's muddled thinking, Palestinians and Israelis are equally responsible for the conflict. After all, Palestinians launch Kassams into Israeli kindergartens, and Israelis live over the Green Line.... "despair leads some people on both sides to resort to violence."... He "understands" that Hamas feels "some violence is necessary" to keep the Palestinian issue alive, and that when the organization is sidelined, the "cycle of violence" is exacerbated.

Because what would anti-Israel nuance be without an unseemly, ostensibly grudging appreciation for terrorist "resistance"? At least he's not being unoriginal. (h/t for the Spiegel article: Jason)

References:
* Hamas Pursues Dangerous Strategy with Ashkelon Attacks [Spiegel]
* Hamas's Apologist [JPost]

Previously:
* CNN: Poor Hamas Victims Being Mourned Right This Moment By Long-Suffering Palestinians
* New Poll Shows Peace-Loving Palestinians Somewhat Less Than Peaceful
* UN Finally Notices Hamas Bombing Of Israeli Civilians, Rushes To Condemn Israel For Responding (Update: The EU Too!)