Obama: But I Want To Talk To Terrorists
May 15th, 2008 at 12:45pm Matt Margolis
ABC News re****ts that Obama's campaign is "taking issue" with a comment
made
by President Bush during remarks he made in Israel to the Knesset on the
60th anniversary of Israel's statehood.
"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as
if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all
along," the President said to the country's legislative body, "We have
heard
this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939,
an
American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler,
all
of 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."
In a statement, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shot across the bow: "It is sad
that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 6Oth
anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack.
It
is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened
Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough
talk
and no action, we need to do what Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan did and use
all
elements of American power - including tough, principled, and direct
diplomacy - to pressure countries like Iran and Syria. George Bush knows
that I have never sup****ted engagement with terrorists, and the
President's
extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do
nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel."
Perhaps it's just Obama's massive ego, but what makes him think that
remark
was direct at him? As the story points out, those words from the President
are hardly new.
ABC News' White House troops point out that the President has made similar
statements in the past and Bush did not specifically cite Obama by name,
though he did reference Sen. William Borah's immortal reaction upon
hearing
that Hitler had invaded Poland and begun World War II, something he has
not
highlighted in the past.
"(The President) has said similar things before," a White House official
told ABC News' Martha Raddatz. "But it is in reference to a number of
people, think Carter, others who have engaged in this or suggested it."
White House spokesperson Dana Perino was asked if Bush's line was a slam
against Obama and she insisted, "It is not."
"I understand that when you are running for office sometimes you think the
world revolves around you. That is not always true and it is not true in
this case," Perino added, though the White House is keenly aware of how
such
statements might play during a heated political season and has steadfastly
avoided commenting on the 2008 race.
It sounds to me that Obama is trying to score points with Jewish voters
who
are understandly wary of sup****ting a candidate who has the endorsement of
Hamas, and whose own advisor had talks with the terror group.
The fact is that President Bush is 100% correct. Appeasement and
containment
don't always work - and its dangerous to assume they do. As inexperienced
as
Obama may be, he should be able to recognize that. But, if he wants to
have
coffee and doughnuts with terror groups, then that's his position. but
don't
expect me to vote for someone like that.
http://blogsforvictory.com/2008/05/15/obama-but-i-want-to-talk-to-terrorists/
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"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I
would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working
for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group.
And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."
April 11 2007 B.Hussein Obama
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