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Are terrorists ‘phone banking’ for Barack?
Friday, May 16, 2008 at 12:53am
The 2008 Presidential campaign has already seen a number of outlandish, and patently false, attacks. The idea that Islamic terrorists are picking a side in selection of an American President might seem to be yet another for the list…if it wasn’t true.
Ahmed Yousef, a top political adviser for terrorist group Hamas, said in an interview on WABC radio in New York a few weeks ago that the group supports Obama.
“We like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle, and he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with domination and arrogance,” Yousef explained. Hamas, which seized control of the Palestinian Gaza last June, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department.
The Obama campaign claimed to be “flattered” by the Hamas endorsement, and Obama himself told the Atlantic magazine that he understands why Hamas would support him.
“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 concluded that the perception is “legitimate” as long as they understand he will be “unyielding” in his support for Israel.
So what have Barack’s Hamas newfound supporters been up to lately? Well, on the very day President Bush arrived in Israel to mark the nation’s 60th anniversary and to renew his push for a Palestinian state as part of elusive Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a rocket was fired into an Israeli shopping mall. The mall was devastated, and 14 innocent civilians were seriously injured. The Popular Resistance Committees, which has Hamas members, was one of two organizations that claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Hamas endorsement of Obama is even more interesting when viewed against the backdrop of the group’s aggressive promotion of violence among young Palestinians in Gaza and in the context of a recent Al-Jazeera story about how young Palestinians in Gaza have banded together to call American voters at random asking them to vote for Obama! Rockets by night, Obama phone banks by day?
“It all started at the time of the U.S. primaries,” says the pro-Obama Palestinian organizer, 23-year-old Ibrahim Abu Jayyab. “After studying Obama’s electronic campaign manifesto I thought this is a man that’s capable of change inside of America. As for potential change in the Middle East, he can also do that if he can bring peace to the area. At least this is what we hope.” The Al-Jazeera television report can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=21YF7ggCG6g.
Obama’s campaign may argue that there is no apparent link between the young Palestinian men and the Hamas terrorist organization. But would anyone other than the Obama campaign seriously believe that young Palestinian men are allowed free and easy access to operate an internet phone bank in the impoverished and violent Gaza Strip without Hamas’ knowledge and approval?
The support that Obama is receiving from avowed terrorist enemies of America should bother him. The fact that it does not bother him should bother us even more than the fact that terrorists see something in him that they really like.
Steve Gill is the host of a statewide radio talk show that airs in Tennessee.
His Web site is www.gillreport.com.
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66 Comments on this post:
It is amazing the lengths Republicans will go to to negatively label anyone who isn't white. We need someone like Obama to heal our reputation and our relations in this world -- yet the damage done by 7 years of George Bush may not be easily healed. Obama, however, is our best hope for that.
It's nice to know that Gill gives any weight to terrorist endorsements. What nutjob.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. NCP: Fire this clown.
You liberals just can't handle the truth. LOL. I said a long time ago that Hussein Osama was a terrorist. LOL!!!
The really scary thing is that TN really believes the crap he writes.
The Obama campaign claimed to be “flattered” by the Hamas endorsement, and Obama himself told the Atlantic magazine that he understands why Hamas would support him. What you are seeing today is Obama's immaturity on the issues of the world. Palestinians’ Hamas and the Iranian President and their government are the world’s worst terrorist nations. If Obama wants to say he is "flattered" and will negotiate with a terrorist nations led by a known terrorist leaders, let him admit that. If others in the leadership of the Democrat party support that position, they too, should admit the weaknesses of their positions. Obama is merely attempting to distract his own weaknesses in his support of any terrorists’ nations.
Paid for by John McCain for President...
g & Funditto, have you read "Deer Hunting with Jesus" by Joe Bageant?
Al Qaeda and other Islamic terrorists will dance in the streets like they did on 9-11 if Barack Obama is elected President of the United States. Al Qaeda will read meaning into Obama's middle name combined with his call for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Were it not for Obama's weak positions on national defense, his middle name would probably be of no consequence. They just want to see a Terrorist Sympathizer win the White House so they can further their crusade to take down the great Satan.
And TN knows this because he himself is a terrorist sympathizer.You need back on your meds.
No gd, the scary thing is that TN craps what he writes!!
Obama over-reacted to President Bush’s speech yesterday in which the President said in Israel that people were wrong who wanted to sit down and negotiate with dictators, terrorists and our enemies and that they cannot be appeased. He didn’t name names; however, Obama immediately reacted with barely concealed anger that the President was referring to HIM. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid thought they were the ones referred to and said the President was attacking them. Isn’t it funny that these liberals all thought that the policy of appeasement that the President criticized referred to them? I guess if the shoe fits, wear it.This is exactly what we have to look forward to if Obama gets the nomination. Anything or anyone critical of his policies, associations or statements, or the statements of people speaking on his behalf, will be labeled as attacks or Racist. Apparently, the Obamas feel that they cannot be held responsible for their actions, beliefs or statements or even questioned about them. Instead they must be agreed with and not challenged. Now, that’s real Change We Can Believe In!
"The old John McCain, it appears, was ready to do business with a Hamas-led government, while both Clinton and Obama have said that Hamas must change its policies toward Israel and terrorism before it can have diplomatic relations with the United States." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051503306.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Poor liberals, just can't handle the truth. LOL....
Everyone knows who that was directed at TN, even if you aren't smart enough to get it.
"Even if McCain had not favored doing business with Hamas two years ago, he had no business smearing Barack Obama. But given his stated position then, it is either the height of hypocrisy or a case of political amnesia for McCain to inject Hamas into the American election."
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LOL... Nazi, the washington post attempts to shift attention from the obvious. Americans are not ALL as blind as you poor misguided liberals.
I tried to watch McCain's speech yesterday but I fell asleep. That is one boring speaker.
But then again, Prescott Bush supported and profited from the Nazi regime.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar
So TN, are you disputing McCain's position in 2006?
Misguided? You still support the President but we're misguided. LOL
When all else fails, call the opponent terrorist sympathizer. What a waste of space TN is...
McCain answered: “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.”
Obama has said NOTHING like this regarding Hamas. Hamas simply came out and talked about Obama…and that was enough for McCain to pounce.
Of course it was, did you expect anything different. LOL, Far be it from me to 100% back McCain but you liberals have your head in the sand and believe that Obama is going to magically bestow wonderful CHANGE on this country. LOL what a laugh. I love to rile all you liberals on Friday. It makes the weekend much more enjoyable. Thank you all for your support of my amusement.
I don't expect Obama to "magically bestow wonderful change" but I do know that he would do the best job.
LOL, right TN. Sorry, but you're a liar.
"Obama has said NOTHING like this regarding Hamas" --- Sorry, that was a direct quote, albeit slightly out of context. Read the interview for yourself at:http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/obama_on_zionism_and_hamas.php
So, there are some people that think because he has a Muslim name, he is connected to terrorist groups. I wonder what they think of people named “Jesus” from Mexico?
Revo, I don't think its the electorate who think that way as much, as it is Al Qaeda who revere the name and affiliation of the man more than the man himself.
Trust TN, revo. He knows firsthand.
i didn't know TN was an empath.
TN’s answer does not surprise me. It is apparent that he has not paid much attention to the names given to Obama here on this forum, let alone else where. But, hey, don’t make fun of Mexicans named Jesus though, or else TN will be all over you!
Nah, I have 23 named Jesus in my neighborhood down in Mexioch. They are a dime a dozen.
Sarcasm works so well!! Thanks for proving my point, dumbarse.
Hey, I am serious. Didn't mean to sound sarcastic. One little Mexican woman who moved in three doors down 4 years ago and has been pregnant ever since they have lived there. Strangely enough she is the talk of the neighborhood because none of the neighbors have ever seen her "not pregnant" and even stranger, she has named three of 7 children Jesus. None of us have asked her why she does this but then again, she doesn't understand much English from what we hear from the other mothers who stand at the school bus stop with her every day.
must be the south of the border version of Billy Bob Ray.
I was talking about MY sarcasm to show my point on how you were going to react! Which, oddly, you did again! Be proud TN, be very proud. Thanks for helping take down the ship. (again, that was SARCASM)!
LOL, Come on Revo, you take my criticism of liberals way too personally.
I don’t care what you say about liberals, I only care that you see the hypocrisy of your statements. But, obviously you don’t. Nor do I really expect that you could, given other circumstances in your life.
The United States should construct a combination of incentives and pressure to engage Iran, and may have missed earlier opportunities to begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday. This StoryGates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, PressureArmy's Next Crop of Generals Forged in Counterinsurgency"We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage . . . and then sit down and talk with them," Gates said. "If there is going to be a discussion, then they need something, too. We can't go to a discussion and be completely the demander, with them not feeling that they need anything from us."
A number of senior U.S. military officials have emphasized the need for robust diplomacy toward Iran, while not ruling out the use of force. "I'm a big believer in resolving this diplomatically, economically and politically," Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a recent interview with The Washington Post. "The military aspect of this, which I think is a very important part of the equation and must stay on the table," Mullen said, is an option of "last resort."
So I suppose according to TN's reasoning our Defense Secretary and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are "appeasers" too. I guess TN is just opposed to diplomacy.
"Hamas, which seized control"This is how conservatives portray legitimate elections when their side loses. McCain was (for once) right. We should have dealt with them once they were elected. It was an opportunity to bring them into the mainsstream and maybe just maybe moderate their positions. But noooooooooooo.
I would suspect that terrorists would want more of the same, bumbling Republicans who have no idea how to (1) find Bin Laden or (2) solve Iraq. They rely on morons like TN to make it happen.
From Obama's campaign website:"Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to make progress."It worked so well for Clinton in preventing N. Korea from developing a nuclear bomb. It should work with Iran.
Add Dragon to the list.
"This is how conservatives portray legitimate elections when their side loses."ROFLOL, I guess we finally forgot Gore2000.
“..without preconditions.” – Wouldn’t that mean nothing is off the table? Yeah, I think so!“If Iran continues its troubling behavior…” Doesn’t this mean that Obama recognizes that Iran is in the wrong? Yeah, I think so!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/opinion/16brooks.html?ref=opinion