Carter’s legacy: A misguided trip to meet Assad and Hamas in 2009 - analysis
Carter had a chance to speak truth to power to these regimes. He was a much more harsh critic of Israel and the Palestinian Authority than of Hamas and Assad.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) gestures during his meeting with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the al-Shaab Palace in Damascus on April 18, 2008. Carter arrived in Syria for to meet with Assad and also with Hamas exiled supreme Haled Metal during his tour of the region.(photo credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
