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I know a few people, one a good friend, who work in the Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta - until health stopped him (and a bit afterwards) he was in there daily p
by klik99 2y ago
I know a few people, one a good friend, who work in the Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta - until health stopped him (and a bit afterwards) he was in there daily putting the work in. Despite if you agree with his views or methods I hope everyone can know he worked well into his 90s to leave the world a better place. I don’t believe any other president was as selfless as him. Rest in peace, he was a great man
- mhb 2y agoJimmy Carter's pioneering support for Hamas: https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2024/12/29/jimmy-carters-pioneering-support-for-hamas/ https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2024/12/29/jimmy-carters-p...
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoThe link is written like a proper propaganda piece. Not like you'd expect anything else on this topic.
- mhb 2y agoIt's his blog and his opinion. His opinion is based on the references he cites. What else is expected?
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoPerhaps more context would be appreciated. I'm sure you can take out damning sentences from opinions of anyone who has tried to have any faith in the peace process in Palestine. It's absolutely ridiculous to try to paint Carter as some proponent for Hamas' violence. Unlike, say, Netanyahu, who actively supported the radicalism of Hamas in order to preserve a valuable enemy https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-q...
- mhb 2y agoCiting the Times as some sort of impartial arbiter of what's going on in the Middle East is laughable.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoSo random blog posts are then? Edit: anyway, I've seen this discussion a million times. Not interested in engaging further.
- mhb 2y agoNo one was claiming that a random blog post is impartial or authoritative despite it's being right.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoOk, one more comment, since this is an interesting read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas Netanyahu supporting Hamas and helping enable the attacks must be a tough pill to swallow, huh?
- dlubarov 2y agoWikipedia's neutrality has become a joke when it comes to Israel-related topics. For an obvious example, the first paragraph of the Zionism article says "Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible". Here, you seem to be interpreting this somewhat misleading article as Israel (somehow, maybe indirectly) supporting Hamas' military. Really it was Qatari funding for various Gaza infrastructure and humanitarian projects. Do you think Israel should have blocked that aid?
- mhb 2y agoWikipedia and the Times on Israel? It is to laugh.
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- otterley 2y agoIt is possible for people one doesn't agree with to be democratically elected, whether it be here or in a foreign land. Having respect for democracies as a principle means one should accept the will of the people--whether you like it or not--so long as the outcome doesn't abrogate human rights. The U.S. has a sordid history of intervening in the affairs of foreign nations when it suits their interests, from the overthrow of Madero in Mexico in 1913 to interventions in Iran, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, and Congo in later years. President Carter definitely wasn't perfect, but he had a lot more respect for the democratic process than either his predecessors or his successors did.
- dragonwriter 2y agoThat's not support for Hamas, its opposition to the use of election of Hamas candidates to the PA government as an excuse to avoid peace talks. Which is just as sensible as arguing that the election in Israel of candidates of Likud should not itself be a blocker for peace talks.