Actually he said nothing of the sort. We're in the midst of a multi-decade campaign of anti-Israel demonization, led in no small part by Carter and former Carter officials. Unseemly expressions of devotion to pathological terrorists are the pinnacle of Romance. This is a love that flows freely and openly, knowing neither geographic nor generational bounds:

Former US President Jimmy Carter was honored by the Palestinian Authority government Saturday and pledged to support the Palestinians' campaign for independence to the end of his days... "I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years," he said Saturday, adding that this is a feeling shared by members of his family."I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the people here and the anguish and suffering and deprivation of human rights that you have experienced ever since 1948," he said.

I wonder what textbooks he's using to instill those lessons. If they're the same ones that he uses when he cooks up his casualty figures or when he declares that the pro-Israel lobbies who are pushing for a Palestinian state don't want peace - well, that's better than the alternative.

References and previously after the jump...