McCain Obama and Hamas
The heated issue of the past couple days seems to have been whether or not the president should speak to and negotiate with leaders of foreign nations. This was sparked when President Bush said the following on his trip to Israel;
This was clearly aimed at Obama, although many republicans are playing dumb and pretending that it was not aimed at Obama at all. They pretend to wonder why anyone would connect Nazi appeasers with Obama, as if it is somehow telling of Obama's character that people would think of him when they hear of Nazi appeasers. However, aides to the president did privately confirm to CNN that the remarks were indeed partially aimed at Obama.
This highlights the issue of whether or not we should speak to foreign leaders. The notion that we should not try any means of negotiation to halt nuclear operations is laughable at best. Clearly these crazy radicals of foreign nations are unwilling to bend to terms for meeting, and so we must do the best with what we are given. All of this nonsense about the "dignity of the office of the president" really needs to stop. The president's duty is to protect the American people; if that means talking to leaders of foreign nations whom we don't agree with - then so be it.
McCain has been quick to point out that Obama has received the endorsement of Hamas and has even had the audacity to imply that Obama may agree with the views of Hamas. This is absolutely deplorable; clearly McCain was lying when he said that he wouldn't run a dirty campaign. Obama has repeatedly and explicitly stated that he will not talk with Hamas, and that he will not negotiate with terrorists.
McCain has always been against negotiating with terrorists, right? Wrong. Just a few years ago before McCain has locked up the republican nom for 08, he said in an interview that he would be willing to negotiate with Hamas. I find it interesting that so many of his positions have changed now that he is running for president.
"Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along, we have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is: the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
This was clearly aimed at Obama, although many republicans are playing dumb and pretending that it was not aimed at Obama at all. They pretend to wonder why anyone would connect Nazi appeasers with Obama, as if it is somehow telling of Obama's character that people would think of him when they hear of Nazi appeasers. However, aides to the president did privately confirm to CNN that the remarks were indeed partially aimed at Obama.
This highlights the issue of whether or not we should speak to foreign leaders. The notion that we should not try any means of negotiation to halt nuclear operations is laughable at best. Clearly these crazy radicals of foreign nations are unwilling to bend to terms for meeting, and so we must do the best with what we are given. All of this nonsense about the "dignity of the office of the president" really needs to stop. The president's duty is to protect the American people; if that means talking to leaders of foreign nations whom we don't agree with - then so be it.
McCain has been quick to point out that Obama has received the endorsement of Hamas and has even had the audacity to imply that Obama may agree with the views of Hamas. This is absolutely deplorable; clearly McCain was lying when he said that he wouldn't run a dirty campaign. Obama has repeatedly and explicitly stated that he will not talk with Hamas, and that he will not negotiate with terrorists.
McCain has always been against negotiating with terrorists, right? Wrong. Just a few years ago before McCain has locked up the republican nom for 08, he said in an interview that he would be willing to negotiate with Hamas. I find it interesting that so many of his positions have changed now that he is running for president.
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