Carter-Hamas talks

[NaptownKnight]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/...rss_topstories


Jimmy Carter will be meeting with top Hamas officials in Egypt, and then will travel to Syria to meet Hamas's exiled leader. I don't see why our government and the Israeli government is so up in arms about this, if Hamas is the only impediment to peace, as Condoleeza states, then why not talk to them? I understand that they are terrorists, and we "dont negotiate with terrorists", but this is a special circumstance. Not many terrorist organizations represent a people like Hamas does. Thats said, I don't see what Hamas will say, IIRC their demands are pretty outrageous.


BTW, it seems a majority of Israelis would like their government to talk to Hamas.

[Каие]

Exactly you hit the nail on the head its 80% i believe who want to negotiate peace, Carter does it and everyone drills him in the ass.

I say good luck, even in the crusades they negotiated.

[Duke_of_Bavaria]

I say good luck, even in the crusades they negotiated.

And they lost...

[Каие]

And they lost...

Because they refused to Negotiate in the end, lets face it had they not made peace in the beginning and twenty times in between they would have gone home much sooner.

[Thanatos]

Carter's going? Good luck, he'll need it.

[RZZZA]

1. theres already a thread bout this

2. Carter is , infamously, a tool

3. He has no authority to negotiate any kind of peace

[NaptownKnight]

1. theres already a thread bout this

2. Carter is , infamously, a tool

3. He has no authority to negotiate any kind of peace

Well if your talking about the thread about how he wasn't being allowed in to Gaza then I guess.

Carter of course has no authority, but I think it will show many people that Hamas is open to negotiations, and that they won't cut off your head if you come to try and talk to them. I wonder what their demands will be however, because I fear they will demand something outrageous.

[Каие]

1. theres already a thread bout this

2. Carter is , infamously, a tool

3. He has no authority to negotiate any kind of peace

"Nothing is impossible to him who will at least try" Alexander the Great.

unlike me sitting on my ass ranting online, one day ill go though.

[s.rwitt]

^Yep.

[RZZZA]

show many people? the people who will inherit the white house all agree that enhanced diplomacy is necessary, and the current administration has shown time and again that theyre incapable of or unwilling to listen to or consider any dissenting opinions or criticism of their foreign policy.

so I'm not sure who he's really "showing", if he had more authority or at least the blessing of our current administration, his vacation to the middle east might matter more.

[Thanatos]

I'm sorry, but with Carter, it ain't happening kb8. At all.

[RZZZA]

unlike me sitting on my ass ranting online, one day ill go though.

please dont tell me you're going to martyr yourself...

[Каие]

please dont tell me you're going to martyr yourself...

Nice cheap shot, finished? Or should i get popcorn, and a note pad?

I'm sorry, but with Carter, it ain't happening kb8. At all.

I'm afraid i think you;re right, but at least he tries.
The other one is Condi, god help them.

[s.rwitt]

please dont tell me you're going to martyr yourself...

[RZZZA]

Nice cheap shot, finished? Or should i get popcorn, and a note pad?

how about getting a sense of humor?

[Sphere]

Carter negotiated a lasting peace between Israel and an Arab nation.

Who else can put that on their resume?

[RZZZA]

Carter negotiated a lasting peace between Israel and an Arab nation.

Who else can put that on their resume?

thats completely beside the point because he has no authority to negotiate for the united states.

[bushbush]

thats completely beside the point because he has no authority to negotiate for the united states.

negotiations and contacts by informal organizations can be helpful for future contacts between Hamas and the US government.

[Mangalore]

thats completely beside the point because he has no authority to negotiate for the united states.

He has to negotiate between Israel and the Hamas. What got the US to do with that? For a neutral negotiator it might be advantageous not to be part of a group having interests in the events. I don't think the outcome matters much but given one can't go in and destroy Hamas one might just as well look to find a way to talk with them.

[Каие]

how about getting a sense of humor?

oh biting now, are we?

thats completely beside the point because he has no authority to negotiate for the united states.

Who said he's negotiating for the US?