McCain is the only candidate who is on record saying the US should talk to Hamas before it renounces violence: Hamas should support him instead of Obama
This from an excellent article in the Washington Post. Follow the link and read it at your leasure:
“They’re the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it’s a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that.”
That’s what John McCain said in an interview only two years ago, when he was asked if American diplomats should be talking to Hamas - and this, of course, is what he said recently:
John McCain taunted Barack Obama Friday for his recent “endorsement” from a Hamas adviser, wearing his own apparent rejection by the terrorist group as a badge of honor and saying that if elected he would be “Hamas’ worst nightmare.”
That politicians belong to a human subspecies which runs on hypocrisy as cars run on petrol is not exactly news. It is sad though that a man who built his post-military career on being truthful and plain-spoken has become just another power junkie who will spread any ’swift boat’ rumour and tell any kind of Rove-type lie in order to feed his habit.
His opponents have been trying to brand McCain’s election run as a ‘Bush 3′ type campaign. Up till now, despite McCain’s stance on Iraq, I thought that was an unfair bit of scare-mongering and false stereo-typing.
I do not think so any longer.
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May 17th, 2008 at 07:57
jan–not sure–researching but believe Obama said same in debate with Hillary–she called him on it–he is a scary candidate–sorry–too smoothe but Mccain no better–I can only go with Hillary bexause we know her faults–(Bill doesn’t weigh in or shouldn’t) not his race
May 17th, 2008 at 16:03
Hi, thanks for the comment. As far as I know Obama has said that the US should talk to Hamas under certain conditions: recognising the right of Israel to exist etcetera. Before announcing she would obliterate Iran if it attacked Israel I seem to remember that Hillary wanted to have talks with Iran as well - but that was before all the campaigning and the simplistic sound-biting that goes with it (for all candidates.)
Still, I’m afraid Hillary’s chances of taking her campaign much further are toast. The superdelegates who haven’t yet come around to Obama’s side are only holding off to get some jobs or some political promises from him and there are simply not enough votes left to help Hillary overtake Obama. So, I think that part of the race is run.
J.