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Clinton: I would be prepared to shake hands with Hamas
khaleej times ^ | 04/01/06 | Unknown

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 Israel’s 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 can’t change our theory, we can’t change our document, we can’t change our history, but we’re in government now and the policy of the Palestinian government is no to terror and yes to negotiations. As long as we’re in government, we’ll honour that policy.

“If they did that, I would support dealing with them.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: clinton; hamas
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To: Starman417

Hillary needs to put this guy on a shorter lease.


61 posted on 04/01/2006 9:28:57 AM PST by NeoCaveman (the freeper formerly known as dubyaismypresident)
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To: Starman417

Why does this not suprise me?


62 posted on 04/01/2006 9:29:11 AM PST by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: Starman417

Listen for the big KABOOM! Bill.


63 posted on 04/01/2006 9:31:04 AM PST by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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To: trubluolyguy

Clinton would shake hands with the devil himself if he could get some air time or a speaking fee.


64 posted on 04/01/2006 9:33:07 AM PST by poobear (Islam - A Global Lynch Mob !)
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To: mass55th

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


65 posted on 04/01/2006 9:34:22 AM PST by Carolinamom (I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
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To: Carolinamom

correction...x42 MADE Arafat.....


66 posted on 04/01/2006 9:36:11 AM PST by Carolinamom (I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves. ---Ronald Reagan)
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To: Mr. Mojo

LOL! EXACTLY!

even TRYING to dissect that sentence could cause serious damage and injury to one's brain...


67 posted on 04/01/2006 9:38:15 AM PST by eeevil conservative (I'm not racist- I'm an Equal Opportunity Enemy of ALL LAWBREAKING, TAX DODGING, FENCE CLIMBERS!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

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.


68 posted on 04/01/2006 9:44:47 AM PST by Getready
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To: Starman417

“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.


69 posted on 04/01/2006 9:49:10 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God is giving you countless observable clues of His existence!)
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To: Starman417

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!!!


70 posted on 04/01/2006 9:52:46 AM PST by SierraWasp (Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know man!!! (or especially Waspman!!!))
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To: Starman417
Image hosted by Photobucket.com HAMass better count their fingers after shaking hands with ol'SlickWillie...!!! what a FPOS.
71 posted on 04/01/2006 9:53:25 AM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: dr_who_2

thanks for you gratitude


72 posted on 04/01/2006 10:18:20 AM PST by beyond the sea (Claire De Lune - ........ 1862)
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To: guestfox01

ROFL!!!! ........ I needed one............. I'll get one for each room (tv).


73 posted on 04/01/2006 10:24:38 AM PST by beyond the sea (Claire De Lune - ........ 1862)
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To: Starman417

"shaking hands" to Clinton means getting.......effed.....(Can I say that here?)


74 posted on 04/01/2006 10:54:58 AM PST by goodnesswins ( "the left can only take power through deception." (and it seems Hillary & Company are the masters)
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To: Starman417

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


75 posted on 04/01/2006 11:00:07 AM PST by bray (Proud Bushbot for 6 years going on 8)
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To: Starman417

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


76 posted on 04/01/2006 11:52:10 AM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Starman417
the same assurances on rejecting terror as the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

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?

77 posted on 04/01/2006 12:10:00 PM PST by NewLand (Posting against liberalism since the 20th century!)
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To: All
Correcting myself; most bombings were in late 2000 and throughout 2001. Still under Arafat's reign.

A LIST OF ALL HOMOCIDE BOMBINGS SINCE 1993

78 posted on 04/01/2006 12:18:35 PM PST by NewLand (Posting against liberalism since the 20th century!)
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To: Nathan Zachary

Didn't Al Gore invent Terrorism?


79 posted on 04/01/2006 12:46:45 PM PST by fish hawk (TU)
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To: Farmer Dean

.................."Will you marry me?"
80 posted on 04/04/2006 8:23:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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