Knee Deep in the Hooah!

I found the following bit of news unsettling, but the silence from our Presidential Candidate on the matter is really what leaves me on edge:

Nine out of Ten Terrorists Love Them Some Obama
by Larry Johnson, April 15, 2008
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(excerpt)

Well, it looks like the investment has paid off. Barack appears to be the favorite candidate of Hamas. Hamas, a radical Sunni terrorist group, just offered the equivalent of an unofficial endorsement. While this news comes courtesy of World Net Daily’s Jerusalem bureau chief, it appears to be real. Aaron Klein reports that Ahmad Yousuf, a top level Hamas official, said:

I understand American politics and this is the season for elections and everybody tries to sound like he’s a friend of the Israelis…so whatever [the] Israelis didn’t like they will take from all those candidates,” he said.

Yousuf said that in Hamas’ view, Obama has “a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with humiliation and arrogance.”

When asked to criticize former President Carter on his recent trip and meeting with a Hamas leader, Obama had the following to say:

“I’m not going to comment on former President Carter. He’s a private citizen. It’s not my place to discuss who he shouldn’t meet with,” Obama told reporters while campaigning in Indianapolis. “I know that I’ve said consistently that I would not meet with Hamas.” (Reuters) LINK

Actually it is wise for Presidential Candidates to discuss Carter when he makes a trip to meet with sworn enemies of this Country. Carter is not just a private citizen. Carter is a former President of this Country, and criticism of his setting up a meeting with Hamas should be, no it must be, openly discussed by our Candidates so that they can establish and set the rapport right now with Hamas and other terrorist groups, that their current status with the US as a terrorist organization will not change with the changing of our President. Unfortunately for us, when Carter was voted out of office he did not lose his representative status. He is still a “de jure” representative of this Country which is why we are up in arms about his meeting with Hamas. Furthermore, how many “private citizens” can set up a meeting with the leader of a terrorist organization? I can only imagine the reprecusions I would face as a private citizen if I jaunted out to have a meeting with a terrorist group. I imagine I would be detained for questioning, and maybe denied reentry into this Country — a decision I can not disagree with.

I have to wonder if Obama believes he can get by this issue like he has so many other issues… and that is to not answer (whether it is make no definitive statement or refuse to vote on a matter, etc.), or by answering so ambigously that he is not committed to his answer. I, personally, need to hear his opinion on this matter. I am not planning on voting for this man, but if he has a shot at sitting in the White House, I really need to know his thoughts and stance on this particular issue. It is too important to push aside.

I wonder if Obama is willing to give us, the citizens of this Country, the only acceptable answer to Hamas’ unofficial endorsement of him. That answer, although it may be laden with political doublespeak and worded differently, must include the following for my peace of mind (add your own if you like):

1. That Mr. Obama does view Hamas, absolutely and with no reservations, as a terrorist group and therefore an illegitimate group with which to negotiate, compromise, or include in any way, shape, or form in our global politics or foreign policies.

2. That Mr. Obama does fully recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Nation.

3. That he openly denounces and rejects any supportive words from Hamas, and clearly represents to them directly through his statement that he would not see Hamas differently than our current President. That he holds Hamas in contempt for their Terrorist activities, their continual denial of Israel’s right to exist as a Nation, and for the continued threat they pose to Americans at home and abroad.

This little note was also taken from the same Reuters’ article:

“Such doubts could cost Obama support with some U.S. Jewish voters.”

It doesn’t make him too darned popular with many of the military voters either. Until the year 2001, Hamas was the one terrorist group who had pulled off the largest terrorist attack on Americans. That terrorist attack took place 25-years ago this year. Hamas was a name Americans became painfully aware of when the terrorist organization slaughtered 241 of our Marines, Sailors and Soldiers in Beirut while they were there on a peacekeeping mission. We will never forget. Nor should we.

Michelle Malkin has a great update and Obama’s newest way to avoid having to answer the hard questions… it seems that he like waffles more than he likes to answer hard questions.

Tags: Islam, Terrorism, politics, veterans, war on terror //