He's at it again

Well it appears that Jimmy Carter, America's first anti-semetic ex-president, is up to his old stunts again, doing what he does best: undermining America and insulting our Israeli allies. In this instance, he's over in Israel stroking Hamas and slandering the great people of Israel and our own nation's foreign policy.

Despite 50 current congressmen from both parties sending Carter a letter urging him to refrain from meeting with Hamas representatives, Carter let his ego and his disdain for our Jewish allies guide his decision-making and he blew us all off and gave the terrorist organization a badly-needed credibility boost.

The letter, sponsored by Reps. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Shelley Berkeley, D-Nev., and signed by congressional leaders including House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and veteran representative Barney Frank, D-Mass., lists the 26 Americans who have been killed in terrorist attacks launched by Hamas.

"President Carter, do not meet with the man who ordered their deaths," wrote the congressmen.

Carter reportedly hugged — and kissed — a Hamas leader Tuesday in the West Bank town of Ramallah on a Mideast visit that is to culminate in a meeting Friday with the group's exiled leader in Damascus, Syria.

Carter's embrace of Nasser Shaer, a senior Hamas politician, at a closed-door reception organized by Carter's office was reported by several news outlets Tuesday. Carter has been widely criticized over the trip by both U.S. and Israeli officials, who have listed Hamas as a terror organization.

Carter also laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat, whom he praised as a man who fought for "just causes" in the world.

Of course the rest of us call a spade a spade. Arafat was a purveyor of death and a murderer of women and children. His death of AIDS made the world a safer place but it can never undo the damage that his evil presence wrought.

On the patriotic side though, it's nice to see at least one American with backbone taking a real stand against Carter's support for terrorists. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, (R)--Michigan, has introduced legislation intended to strip the Carter Center, Jimmy Carter's Georgia-based scholarly institution of taxpayer support because of Carter's plans to meet with Hamas.

"America must speak with one voice against our terrorist enemies," Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Mich., said in a statement from his office. "It sends a fundamentally troubling message when an American dignitary is engaged in dialogue with terrorists. My legislation will make sure that taxpayer dollars are not being used to support discussions or negotiations with terrorist groups."

Knollenberg said the Carter Center has received about $19 million in taxpayer funds since 2001. He named his bill the Coordinated American Response to Extreme Radicals Act — or CARTER Act, for short. The Carter Center is housed at Emory University in Atlanta.

And of course Obama, fearful of losing a potential endorsement that Carter is shrewdly withholding from either him or Hillary, refuses to condemn him for meeting with Hamas.

So put Obama in the "No moral principles" category. If a mere endorsement from a washed-up America-hating has-been is enough to keep him from standing the enemies of freedom and democracy, how can we ever expect him to stand tall when there are some real chips on the table?

But back to Carter. Today he complained that he was denied entry into Gaza by the Israelis. I think Israel should let Carter go into Gaza. And then they should refuse to let him cross back into Israel again. And our own State Department should nullify his passport and put him on the "no fly" and "no US entry" lists due to his support of terrorism and terrorists. Hell, let's just strip him of his citizenship in the name of justice and world peace. He can stay with his terrorist buddies and perhaps we can swap him for some Palestinian refugee who actually dreams of freedom and would appreciate living in a great country like America.