Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Carter meets with exiled Hamas leader

I read an article on CNN about former President Jimmy Carter's controversial trip to the Middle East to meet with leaders of Hamas, a Palestinian political party. The U.S. Department of State objected to his trip, because many think Hamas is a terrorist organization.Several countries like UK and Israel believe that with such political meeting the Organization may get encourage to do more damage for the rest of the world. On the other hand, Carter, as a citizen, believes differently. He thinks that someone has to start from somewhere to negotiate two different polar thoughts to get to the peace process. He expressed in his own word, I’m not a negotiator. I'm just trying to understand different opinions and communicate, provide communications between people that won't communicate with each other."

I believe that what Carter thinks is right. Forget about the regions only in the Middle East, even the rest of the world is fed up with seeing day to day killing, suicide bombing, missile attack in that area. Killing each other is not the solution for the existing problem. If you talk to these Islamic people, they think Israel and the US are the ones who stipulate violations. On the other hand, Israel and other countries believe that the terrorist organization like Hamas is out there just to break the Middle East peace process. I do not think blaming each other will bring the solution towards the peace process. Israel says that the military is the only solution, but I do not think this is a good idea. The US government should initiate talk with all parties in the region and encourage leaders like Carter to get involve in peace process rather than criticizing what Carter is doing at the moment. From the fighting no one but innocent civilians are getting victimized. So, I have a strong support for Carter for what he is doing for peace in the Middle East.

1 comment:

A Pirate's Government said...

I agree with you,I believe any process in peace is worth taking. Former President Carter made the decision to help the process of peace and to attempt to resolve things with out military action. Some may look at Carter saying he is jepordezing the process by possibly being a target of Hamas. But as we see Carter has made it out safe and Hamas is willing to take a peaceful solution. Sometimes I wonder who we should consider terrorist when we inflect just as much terror.