Pandering We Can Believe In
June 6, 2008 at 8:55 am
Folks who gave Barack Obama a giddy reception at the AIPAC policy conference might not want to read Soren Dayton in Red State. MIght deflate them a bit.
Fortunately, we’re brave enough to take a look. Here’s what we find.
Earlier, Mark Kilmer noted that Hamas expressed displeasure at Barack Obama’s speech to AIPAC. So what did Obama do? He caved to Hamas.
The Washington Post reported it as “Obama Backtracks on Jerusalem” and Reuters as “Facing criticism, Obama modifies Jerusalem stance”. WaPo:
Facing criticism from Palestinians, Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged today that the status of Jerusalem will need to be negotiated in future peace talks, amending a statement earlier in the week that Jerusalem “must remain undivided.”
So let’s make this very clear. Under pressure from Palestinians and terrorists, Obama caves on perhaps Israel’s most fundamental issue. Not a good sign for those meetings with Ahmadinejad.
Bob S said,
June 8, 2008 @ 4:33 am
It certainly shouldn’t surprise anyone that Obama gave into Hamas with respect to Israel. After all, for more than 20 years Obama chose to belong to a church where Israel was called”a dirty word,” that took the position that we shouldn’t assume Israel has a right to exist, and that allowed Hamas to write in its newsletter.