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Former U.S.President Jimmy Carter has done it again. He's flaunted his credentials as a despicable traitor to his own country, He has shown himself to be a modern-day Benedict Arnold. What he has done is clearly and blatantly against the law. Didn't they used to hang traitors?
Carter has brazenly violated American law and foreign policy by meeting unauthorized with a prominent American enemy, the leader of the Palestinian Hamas terrorists, Khaled Mashaal, in Syria. The former president fancies himself as a peacemaker, but his action only strengthens the will of the terrorists to fight harder and longer, to continue their cowardly killing and maiming of innocent Israeli civilians, including children.
Former American leaders no longer in office are not authorized to deal with enemy terrorists, but that is just what Carter has done. The State Department strongly warned him and tried to stop him, but he deliberaterly defied their instruction.
Sadly, Carter has put himself on international display as a traitor in more ways than one. He has demonstrated himself to be a traitor not only to his country and government, but also as a traitor against Israel, as a traitor against Christians, and as a traitor against his own self-image as a "human rights" champion.
A traitor to America? Secretary of State Condi Rice publicly slammed Carter for his plans to meet with Hamas leader Mashaal. She said she stongly urged him to abandon the idea. "It is hard to understand what is going to be gained by having discussions with Hamas about peace, when Hamas is, in fact, the impediment to peace," Rice told reporters. She also confirmed that his unauthorized meeting with Hamas officials in Syria is "a direct violation of American foreign policy." So Carter's action in nothing other than traitorous defiance of the U.S. government.
A traitor to Israel? Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and Likud Party Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu all turned down requests from Carter for meetings during his visit to Israel. All three said their schedules would not allow for such a meeting, but an Olmert official commented, "You can draw your own conclusions." The official also drew attention to his recent book, which claimed that Israel's policies with the Palestinian Arabs were like the "apartheid" policies of South Africa.
A traitor to Christians? Many Christians believe that Carter won the U.S. presidency in 1976 largely because of his identifying himself as a conservative Christian. But conservative Christians are wondering what Bible Carter switched to, in order to turn against Israel and to so openly support Israel's terrorist enemies.
A recent national poll revealed that 89 percent of America's evangelical Christians strongly support Israel and believe that the Jews have a Divine mandate for their reborn Jewish state. Eighty percent of the Christians said that Israel should not divide Jerusalem as part of a peace deal with the Palestinians, and 76 percent warned that a sovereign Palestinian state would probably become a terrorism supporting entity. Obviously, Carter's actions do not coincide with these Christian views.
A traitor to his own much-heralded "human rights" convictions? How blind can he be not to see the blatant corruption of the Palestinian government and leaders, who have made sure that very little of the multi-millions they have received in financial aid has trickled down to help the common people? How biased can he be to believe that the Israelis wih their smooth functioning democratic government and thriving economy are the culprits violating human rights? And hasn't Carter ever noticed that Israel has more than one million Arab citizens with all the social and legal rights as the Jewish citizens?
The Arabs demanded and received a Jew-free Gaza territory, and what have they done with it? Instead of working hard to make it a pleasant place for its Arab residents to live, they have devoted their energies to firing explosive rockets every day into Israeli villages and farms along the Gaza border.
How can Jimmy Carter be so blind to reality? How can he see the Israelis as all bad, and the wicked Arabs as good? How could anyone be so bold a traitor?
Benedict Arnold met his fate. One has to wonder what fate Jimmy Carter deserves.
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Dr. Al Snyder is a former professor of Communications at Liberty University in Virginia and North Greenville University. He has done extensive missionary work in Israel and Africa.
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