What a pathetic stooge

[Don Corleone]

Talk about pissing what little crediblity you have left in the world away...

So former U.S. President James Earl Carter recently visited Israel, Palestine and Syria. The stated purpose of the trip was to 'engage all sides', but in reality, the purpose of the trip was for somebody in the West to engage Hamas in high-level talks.

The governments of Israel and the US patently asked Carter not to make the visit. Hamas is one of the leading terror organizations in the world. They are dedicated to the destruction of the state of Israel, and they've made various statements on the right of Jews to exist anywhere.

So, Carter, the ultimate egomaniac, tells the State Department to pound sand. He goes anyway, and holds a meeting of equals with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. Carter then proceeds to announce about how he's made progress, and Hamas will now agree to recognize the right of Israel to exist, if it passed a referendum among the Palestinian people.

As if to give the final F-u to his little prison-ho, Meshaal held a press conference three hours later to say that Hamas would not recognize the right of Israel to exist.

Great peacemaker, or pathetic fool who doesn't realize his time has come and gone? Let's review:

Hamas got: A former president of the United States to come lick their boots in front of the world's media.
Carter got: His name in the paper's again?