Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that Hamas — the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel — is prepared to accept the
right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
We're not amazed that Carter is naive enough to believe these guys. We're amazed that he's still that naive after the number of times he's been through things like this.
We're also amazed that (a) after all these years the press still reports Carter's babe-in-the-woods comments; (b) Americans voted for this guy once.*
The phrase "prepared to accept" should be considered in other hypothetical contexts:
- The alcoholic: "I am prepared to attend AA meetings."
- The smoker: "I am prepared to quit smoking."
- Bill Clinton: "I am prepared to stop seeing young women."
- SWNID: "I am prepared to stop blogging arrogantly."
We expect adults to understand the nature of statements like this.
And we urge gentle readers to remember that no current politician resembles Carter more than the one who says that he'll immediately have talks with all the Bad Guys as soon as he's inaugurated._________________
*That, at least, can be ascribed to the grim despair of the 1970s, and maybe partly to the use of illegal narcotics.
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