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| Hamas BigShot Meshal Welcomes Obama's Words |
| 2009-03-22 |
| "A new language towards the region is coming from President Obama. The challenge for everybody is for this to be the prelude for a genuine change in U.S. and European policies. Regarding an official opening towards Hamas, it's a matter of time," [Kaled] Meshal Hamas political leader stationed in Syria and owned by Iran told Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview published on Sunday. Meshal said Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in December and January had not dented Hamas's influence. "The great powers need us in order to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Our weight in the Palestinian problem comes from us being rooted in the society, in the population, which voted for us and will do it again," he said. Note the salute to "Realpolitics" - Obviously he would like Obama's para-appeasement to segue to real appeasement |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #2 Translation: I want to blow obambi. |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2009-03-22 17:30 |
| #1 One of BO's mideast experts should clue him in on the muslim concept of "al-Taqiyya"--unless of course he doesn't care. Look out Israel the bus is headed your way. Don't get run over. I never quite got that the American Jewish community tends to largely vote for American Presidents that are not particularly sympathetic to Israel. Must be the liberal thingee trumps common sense. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-03-22 09:46 |