Obama: Endorsement by Hamas makes sense

World Net Daily ^ | May 13 2008 | World Net Daily

[Winged Hussar]

Sen. Barack Obama has harshly criticized Sen. John McCain for making an issue of an endorsement by Hamas, but the Democratic candidate said in a new interview he understands why the terrorist group supports his presidential bid.

"It's conceivable that there are those in the Arab world who say to themselves, 'This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has a middle name of Hussein and appears more worldly and has called for talks with people, and so he's not going to be engaging in the same sort of cowboy diplomacy as George Bush,'" Obama told the Atlantic magazine.

"That's a perfectly legitimate perception as long as they're not confused about my unyielding support for Israel's security," the Illinois senator said.

The controversy unfolded last month when Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef told WND's Aaron Klein, author of "Schmoozing with Terrorists," and WABC radio his group hopes Obama will win the presidential election and change America's foreign policy.

[Winged Hussar]

http://tucc.org/upload/tuccbulletin_july22.pdf (note that this is the Trinity United Church of Christ web site) It’s still online; see Page 10.

[Sender]

I don't believe for a moment that Obama has "unyielding support for Israel". Far from it. His criticism of Bush's "cowboy diplomacy" and unilateralism in the Middle East are further proof that he favors a more "balanced" approach, that is he will accord the Palestinians equal status with Israel. If we give Israel a billion dollars, we have to do so with the Palestinians. If we support Israel with weapons, ditto. If we allow Israel to have nuclear weapons...how will you balance that, Barack? Leave that up to your penpal Ahmadinejad?

The Arab world is pro-Obama because they believe he will be more "fair" to Islamic interests. And he will. This is not only bad for Israel, but very bad for the USA.

[festus]

WOW.

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