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Obama: Terror groups have 'legitimate claims'
World Net Daily ^ | September 08, 2008 | Aaron Klein

Posted on 09/08/2008 1:07:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

JERUSALEM – The Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations have "legitimate claims" that are being "weakened" by the violence the terror groups carry out, Sen. Barack Obama stated in an interview today with the New York Times.

Speaking with columnist David Brooks, Obama said the U.S. needs a foreign policy that "looks at the root causes of problems and dangers."

The presidential candidate compared Hezbollah to Hamas, stating they both need to be compelled to understand that "they're going down a blind alley with violence that weakens their legitimate claims."

Brooks was speaking to Obama for clarification on an earlier statement the Illinois senator made implying Lebanese militias should be tempered with enticements.

Regarding Hezbollah, Obama earlier declared: "It's time to engage in diplomatic efforts to help build a new Lebanese consensus that focuses on electoral reform, an end to the current corrupt patronage system, and the development of the economy that provides for a fair distribution of services, opportunities and employment."

Brooks took issue with that statement, writing it has the "whiff" of "appeasement."

"Is Obama naïve enough to think that an extremist ideological organization like Hezbollah can be mollified with a less corrupt patronage system and some electoral reform?" asked Brooks, who said he called Obama today to clarify his remarks.

Obama immediately affirmed Hezbollah is "not a legitimate political party." Instead, "It's a destabilizing organization by any common-sense standard. This wouldn’t happen without the support of Iran and Syria."

He continued by stating Hamas and Hezbollah violence weakens the groups' "legitimate claims."

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; election; elections; foreignpolicy; hamas; hezbollah; iran; islam; mohammedanism; obama; obamabiden; terrorism; terroristvote; thisisnotsatire; wot
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To: thepatriot1
Anotherwords, Lebanon needs COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS!!
61 posted on 09/08/2008 1:38:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well ... I suppose he's got a point, in the same sense that we can agree that the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany arose as a result of "legitimate claims" against the Treaty of Versailles.

Where problems arise, however, is when one uses those "legitimate claims" to rationalize terrorist acts ... and Obama seems to be doing that. He doesn't seem to contemplate the possibility that the Hamas and Hezbollah are violent first, and not just as a last resort.

62 posted on 09/08/2008 1:39:34 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And what makes him think that he is in a position to compel anybody to understand his position?

Where does he get all this audaciousness?

Maybe he could say he was born with is but there isn’t an audacious gene, near as I can tell.


63 posted on 09/08/2008 1:40:26 PM PDT by quintr
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To: Snickering Hound
Let's give credit where credit is due, Snickering Hound.

Obama DID NOT strap on the explosive belt, but let another radicalized student take the honors.

64 posted on 09/08/2008 1:41:11 PM PDT by IbJensen (Ali Bama isn't going to make it!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

He’s not. He’s a Tranzi (Transnational Progressive). They’re MUCH worse...


65 posted on 09/08/2008 1:41:47 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess a MUSLIM such as Barack would know what Hamas and Hezbollah need since he is in the tank with them in the first place.


66 posted on 09/08/2008 1:42:20 PM PDT by claymax (Vote for a HERO...........not for the ZERO!)
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To: Boonie

Fair enough, killing them all is a solution. But who would do it???


67 posted on 09/08/2008 1:44:18 PM PDT by refermech
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow,delusional.


68 posted on 09/08/2008 1:46:52 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today:))
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To: Boonie

So what are these terrorists supposed to do? They want to destroy the infidel. Are they supposed to ask nicely for the annihilation of Israel?


69 posted on 09/08/2008 1:46:55 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (3 kids always at home, not enough time to think up a clever tagline.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama is just a stupid as every other leftist who thinks all terrorist groups really want is a group hug.


70 posted on 09/08/2008 1:47:01 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thank you so much for the ping! I hope he keeps talking... The more average Americans hear this tripe, the more they will literally RUN to support McCain/Palin, IMHO.


71 posted on 09/08/2008 1:47:55 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: refermech
Just how many more decades should we “listen to both sides to come to a fair and just solution”?

How many times have these groups promised to stop violent acts if received something just to send a suicide bomber into a group of innocent civilians.

The time for talk is LONG over. Nothing less then complete destruction of islamic terrorist groups across the world will suffice.

72 posted on 09/08/2008 1:48:21 PM PDT by Brytani ("The First Amendment doesn't say anything about giving you a hug if you're offended.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess he’s lost the Rotary and the Lions clubs, too, since Hamas has declared they are the enemy (Article 22 of the Hamas charter).


73 posted on 09/08/2008 1:49:02 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (ANWR would look great in pumps.)
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To: Boonie

The problem is this, what these terrorist want IS violence.


74 posted on 09/08/2008 1:49:20 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (3 kids always at home, not enough time to think up a clever tagline.)
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To: Anti-Hillary
"Holy Moses. There goes the Jewish vote.

Unfortunatly, half the Jews in the US don't like Israel and find it an embarrassment.

75 posted on 09/08/2008 1:49:43 PM PDT by cookcounty ("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the only way that my Looney Left in-laws will even look at this is if I can find this report in the NYT. They won’t even give World Nut Daily a second glance.


76 posted on 09/08/2008 1:50:53 PM PDT by sofaman (Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to the one place in the ME with no oil - Golda Meir)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Might I suggest a new bumper-sticker to help the Obama/Biden campaign in its outreach to Jews:

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NEVER AGAIN
(unless there are legitimate claims)

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77 posted on 09/08/2008 1:54:45 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Fred Thompson/Clarence Thomas 2008!])
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To: PghBaldy

BTTT


78 posted on 09/08/2008 1:54:49 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: PghBaldy

BTTT


79 posted on 09/08/2008 1:54:49 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

80 posted on 09/08/2008 1:57:20 PM PDT by Bobalu (Obama cannot win without the kind of people that Palin appeals to.)
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