Posted on 04/01/2006 8:27:11 AM PST by Starman417
LONDON - Former US president Bill Clinton told BBC television on Friday that he would shake hands with Hamas if they provided the same assurances on rejecting terror as the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Clinton spoke as the US State Department announced that the United States had suspended all contact with the Palestinian government led by Hamas, who won an overwhelming victory in the Palestinian general election in January.
Clinton, whose eight-year presidency ended in 2001, said he would be prepared to support dealing with the Islamist group if they agreed to negotiate and turn their backs on terrorism.
The United States, European Union and Israel all regard Hamas as a terrorist organisation, given its track record of suicide bombings and its refusal to recognise Israels right to exist.
Asked if he would shake hands with Hamas in the name of negotiation as he did with Arafat in 1993, Clinton said: If they made the same assurances that Arafat did.
He had made private assurances, and he made public assurances, that he did not support terror any more and would try to restrain it.
So if Hamas would say, suppose they say, OK, look, we cant change our theory, we cant change our document, we cant change our history, but were in government now and the policy of the Palestinian government is no to terror and yes to negotiations. As long as were in government, well honour that policy.
If they did that, I would support dealing with them.
Hillary needs to put this guy on a shorter lease.
Why does this not suprise me?
Listen for the big KABOOM! Bill.
Clinton would shake hands with the devil himself if he could get some air time or a speaking fee.
Even though x42 Arafat waited outside the Oval Office while bill was 'counseling" Lewishsky, he did shake Arafat's hand....and Hillary kissed Mrs. Arafat. The good old days, you know, when only criminals set off those bombs, not terrorists. /S
correction...x42 MADE Arafat.....
LOL! EXACTLY!
even TRYING to dissect that sentence could cause serious damage and injury to one's brain...
knowing Clintonspeak, there is so much in that sentence to
be (mis) understood.
Arafat is dead, so if Hamas rejects terrorism like Arafat,
that means that they don't have to reject terrorism, cause
Arafat CAN'T reject it. So Clinton can say that Hamas has
given him reassurences, that they will reject terrorism, and
everyone thinks that he means that they reject terrorism
completely, but then Clinton can say "well they DID reject it!)
It's his way of trying to look good while doing absolutely
nothing.
I am really starting to believe he is probably one of the
most devious men we've seen in a long time, or is simply
a man with a few brain synapses missing. Kinda like a mix
between Professor Irwin Corey, Rumpelstiltskin, Machievelli,
and Dr. Jekkyl/Mr. Hyde.
He had made private assurances, and he made public assurances, that he did not support terror any more and would try to restrain it."
Bill: And we all know how well he kept his word.
Hey! He wouldn't only be prepared to grasp their hand... He'd like to slobber a lip-lock on various parts of their anatomy!!! What an irresponsible screwball!!! He just gits WORSE!!!
thanks for you gratitude
ROFL!!!! ........ I needed one............. I'll get one for each room (tv).
"shaking hands" to Clinton means getting.......effed.....(Can I say that here?)
Was there a terrorist on the planet this guy or his wife didn't shake hands, hug, kiss or pardon while she was in office? He had more terrorists in the WH than he caught!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
I need no further proof of Clinton's insanity or traitorous behavior....
Democrats have become "the enemy within"...
Of that, there can be no doubt..
Semper Fi
Certainly that would increase the amount of homicide bombings over the current level. The intafada(sp?)was at it's peak during the Clinton years.
Does anybody have a stat on the number of deaths or homicide bombings during x42's 8 years of disgrace?
Didn't Al Gore invent Terrorism?
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