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October 10, 2008

Obama another Carter?

In reporting his June 4 speech at AIPAC, the liberal media has managed to ignore Barack Obama's assertion that "The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive." (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91150432.)

 

But, to achieve Obama's objective, how much territory will Israel have to sacrifice, and how many strategic military positions will Israel have to give up to Palestinian terrorists? Will Obama emulate Jimmy Carter, and threaten the loss of U.S. aid unless Israel appeases Palestinian terrorists and exposes itself to even greater terrorist threats?

 

At the same time, although he is not the president and has no such authority, Obama has put our troops at protracted risk by negotiating with Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to stall any agreement to withdraw from Iraq. Obama even got Zebari to agree "that the next administration should not be bound by an agreement that's currently made." (http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/16/1146329.aspx.)

 

And, the media has essentially buried Bill Clinton's confirmation that John McCain and the Republicans tried to avert the economic crisis by reforming Fannie Mae. On Sept. 25, on "Good Morning America," Clinton said: "I think the responsibility the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was president to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/bill-clinton-do.html.)

 

All three of the above would suggest that John McCain is the only reasonable choice to assure the safety of Israel, our troops in the Middle East, and the U.S. economy.

 

William T. Fidurski

Clark