Obama Endorsements (America, Israel, POV, organizations, muslim)

[NoahideHiker]

Looks like Obama picked up yet another endorsement.


Are terrorists ‘phone banking’ for Barack?

By Steve Gill, Friday, May 16, 2008 12:53 am
Updated: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:53 am

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 YouTube - Gaza's Obama campaign.

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.

[PureX]

Why, it's almost as if Barrack had lit the fuse on that rocket himself!

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by NoahideHiker

Looks like Obama picked up yet another endorsement.

Disgusting drivel ...

[Phasmid]

Originally Posted by NoahideHiker

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.

Nonsense. He didn't ask for this. I think Obama's shown a side of him I was hoping was there! If this were anyone else they would have gone all defensive and tried to distance themselves from it. Obama has embraced the fact that America isn't the only country on this planet!

The "terrorists" see the same thing in Obama that I see - that he's a man of the world, who is open to new thinking and has the knowledge that there is a world outside of America. Obama has his eyes open, I wish the rest of America would hurry up and wake up as well...

EDIT - I find it annoying that so many governments are so closed minded. Hamas are branded terrorists and therefore we can't talk with them. We should just ignore them and hope that by doing so, they'll just disappear, right? Wrong! Duh! Come on, Hamas is a FACT. They aren't going away if we just ignore them, let's engage with them and sort this mess out... the fact that Hamas like Obama is a damn GOOD thing! About time an American president was liked by foreign countries! With Obama, real positive change in the middle-east might just be possible. [/rant]

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Jay

Disgusting drivel ...

Annoying acrimony...


(the OP, that is...)

[Mister_T]

They're really scraping the barrel today, it seems.

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

Annoying acrimony...


(the OP, that is...)

I'm sure glad you clarified that!

[GeneCosta]

It's interesting to see such groups incite Kennedy's name. Although one could argue over the credibility of this view, many people around the world think of Kennedy as one of the few American presidents who would actually embrace the idea of discussion with other people. His opening up to Castro after the Bay of Pigs was highly criticized by many members of the American political sphere.

Perhaps these individuals think Obama won't encroach on the Middle East like past presidents? Is there something bad about that?

[lilithu]

The "logic" here (and I use the term very loosely) seems to be:

1. We don't like Hamas
2. Hamas likes Obama
3. Therefore, we should not like Obama.



Here's one for you NH:

1. You don't like Obama
2. Obama likes food
3. Therefore, you should not like food.

I suggest that by your own logic you should stop eating. Every bite you take is a show of support for Obama.

[Joe Stocks]

Or the logic is:

1. Hamas desires an Obama presidency
2. Hamas has political goals such as wanting to destroy Israel.
3 Therefore, Hamas believe that an Obama presidency can allow them to achieve their political goals such as wanting to destroy Israel.

NOTE: The argument is not arguing that Obama wants to see the destruction of Israel. The argument is saying that Hamas would like to see an Obama presidency because they would have more freedom to achieve their political goals (like destroying Israel).