JIMMY CARTER: GIVE HAMAS A CHANCE

IS THERE ANY DOUBT THAT HE'S THE WORST EX-PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY?

Jimmy Carter: Give Hamas a chance.
(CNN) — Hamas deserves to be recognized by the international community, and despite the group’s militant history, there is a chance the soon-to-be Palestinian leaders could turn away from violence, former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday. Carter, who monitored last week’s Palestinian elections in which Hamas handily toppled the ruling Fatah, added that the United States should not cut off aid to the Palestinian people, but rather funnel it through third parties like the U.N.

“If you sponsor an election or promote democracy and freedom around the world, then when people make their own decision about their leaders, I think that all the governments should recognize that administration and let them form their government,” Carter said. ... [ED. JUST LIKE HITLER IN 1933. GOOD IDEA.]

“If there are prohibitions — like, for instance, in the United States, against giving any money to a government that is controlled by Hamas — then the United States could channel the same amount of money to the Palestinian people through the United Nations, through the refugee fund, through UNICEF, things of that kind,” he added. [ED. IN OTHER WORDS, GO AHEAD AND VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW! RULES DON'T APPLY TO JEW-KILLERS!]

Carter expressed hope that “the people of Palestine — who already suffer ... under Israeli occupation — will not suffer because they are deprived of a right to pay their school teachers, policemen, welfare workers, health workers and provide food for people.”