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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Based on his past slips, I think Carter has a problem thinking rationally on this issue. He clearly said that the U.S. and Israel made a decision and that decision was that they'd go and "punish all the people in Palestine." That's fucked up. This is a man who knows very well the difference between decisions to punish and well-meaning foreign policy decisions that go awry or harm people. If he thinks supporting or not supporting Hamas (or Fatah) is a good idea (or bad idea) - fine. But to say your country decided to punish an entire people is scary. He chose the words, not me.
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We decided to punish Israel in the same sense that the sanctions against Iraq were punishing that whole country. IIRC, Hank has explained this concept here, so I'll let him analogize to Gaza. Our policy promoted a deterioration in conditions in the West Bank and Gaza, in the hopes that it would turn Palestinians against Hamas.
I think you have a problem thinking rationally about Carter, NTTAWWT.
