It seems likely that they recognize all the Dhimmi Carterism in his program, even as he himself condemns Carter’s Appeasement Tour: “We must not negotiate with a terrorist group intent on Israel’s destruction. We should only sit down with Hamas if they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and abide by past agreements.”
One would hope that by this Obama means to say “We should never sit down with Hamas,” rather than “We should sit down with Hamas when they get a bit cleverer and start telling us what we want to hear while continuing to act in the same way they always did.”
“A Hamas problem for Obama?,” by Mosheh Oinounou for FoxNews (thanks to Ed at HotAir):
While Sen. Barack Obama sought to improve his relationship with the Jewish community today by meeting with leaders [in] Philadelphia, comments by a Hamas political adviser this weekend could potentially hurt the Democratic presidential candidate.
During an interview on WABC radio Sunday, top Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said the terrorist group supports Obama’s foreign policy vision.
“We don’t mind–actually 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 said in response to a question about the group’s willingness to meet with either of the Democratic presidential candidates.
For his part, Obama criticized former President Jimmy Carter’s decision to meet with Hamas, telling Jewish leaders Wednesday that “Hamas is not a state, Hamas is a terrorist organization.”
“We must not negotiate with a terrorist group intent on Israel’s destruction,” Obama said. “We should only sit down with Hamas if they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel’s right to exist, and abide by past agreements.”
Obama in this sounds better than Condoleeza Rice.