Quit Abusing Those Terrorists and Give Them Your Money. Take a look at Jimmy Carter's newest idea, the "No Terrorist Left Behind Program."

Recently President Carter went on "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert to discuss his new book,"Palestine Peace Not Apartheid". Russert asked the former president what advice he would give President Bush if he were to ask for it. Here is his response:

OK. First of all, I think that the United States should stop their horrible abuse of the Palestinian people in a generic sense. I mean, all Palestinian people. Because they voted for Hamas candidates last January, we have cut off all aid to, to the Palestinian people, humanitarian aid and otherwise. We don’t let contributions from other nations go to the Palestinian people. They don’t have enough money to pay their, their teachers, their nurses, their policemen, their firemen, anybody on their public payroll, just because the Palestinian people voted for Hamas candidates. So I would stop that and let humanitarian aid go into Gaza and to the West Bank.

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Boy, that's some interesting advice. Let's take a look at what Carter is saying. America is horribly abusing Palestinians because we are not giving free handouts to a bunch of radical terrorists. Hamas is a group bent on the destruction of Israel. Palestinians have voted in these terrorists showing their support for the group that promotes suicide attacks and the destruction of Israel. Is this really a people deserving of hard earned American dollars? These same people were dancing in the streets like it was Mardi Gras on September 11 to celebrate the deaths of thousands of US civilians. (Check out this link to see them cheering in the streets: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=4030)

With all the money we're spending to fight the war on terror, should we really be cutting a check to terrorists? Do we have so few domestic problems and so much money here in America that we can afford to fund terrorism? When the hard working family man asks where his taxes are going, are we willing to say they're going to ease the suffering hard working terrorists? If these people want some slack they need to improve their manners and be better neighbors. They can start by quitting some bad habits such as suicide bombings, rocket attacks, and kidnappings. Until then they can be a pariah.

Our not rewarding these terrorists with money doesn't constitute "horrible abuse" as Jimmy Carter put it. Sure, we all want peace in the Middle East, but how do you negotiate when one side doesn't believe the other has a right to exist? You really can't until Palestinians make some fundamental changes. Until then, I think I have a better place to spend my buck than on a terrorist.