Considering that Carter has made many, many statements that are demonstrably false, I’m gonna go with Condi on this one. She says she warned him off talking to Hamas. He says she’s lying.
Former US President Jimmy Carter denied on Wednesday that the State Department warned him not to meet with leaders of Hamas before he made a recent trip to the Middle East.
The State Department has said earlier that US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, the top US Diplomat for the Middle East, urged Carter not to meet with Hamas, a position restated by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, but Carter denied this.
And here’s his diplospeak for “She’s a liar”:
President Carter has the greatest respect for … Rice and believes her to be a truthful person. However, perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true,” the statement said.
It’s common sense time. Nobody, but nobody wanted Carter to talk to Hamas. For him to claim that he was never specifically told not to speak to Hamas is a load of crap. But then, Carter is an expert at finessing the language when he wants to get around taking responsibility for his actions. Like justifying suicide bombing in his anti-Israel screed. Of course, he apologized for making people think that he justifies suicide bombings. But then you have to wonder, since he’s constantly using the language of the terrorists (“40 dead Palestinians for every Israeli” is straight out of the Hamas playbook). It’s getting hard to tell the difference these days.
Carter was the worst President this country will ever have. Since the time of his Presidency he’s gone downhill! Hard to believe, but he’s a total idiot. Why should anyone have had to tell him not no meet with Hamas? The guy is stupid. Would love the opportunity to tell him that to his face.