Comments on: Palestinians Heart McCain?

By: JAy

JAy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:44:54 +0000

With an average IQ of 70 in the Palastinian territories, what do you expect?

By: stuiec

stuiec — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:59:05 +0000

Maybe they believe McCain would do something to break Hamas's stranglehold on Palestinian politics.

By: MsMissive

MsMissive — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:04:40 +0000

And what about the Gaza students making http://patriotmissive.com/2008/08/31/gaza-student...target=”_blank”>phone solicitations to Americans for Obama?

By: MsMissive

MsMissive — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:59:58 +0000

Here we go again.

By: Kae Gregory

Kae Gregory — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:18:00 +0000

It isn't the candidate that matters to Israel, its the people behind the candidate. For years, the U.S.'s stated position of support for Israel has been based on what the U.S. and Israel have in common – democracy. The left could care less for sustaining democracy in the U.S. How much less could one guess that they care for what the U.S. and Israel have in common?

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:54:25 +0000

Actually, McCain's expressed position on Israel is not the same as Obama's; Obama is much more pro-Arab and anti-Israeli. Obama has said in his autobiography that if it came down to a problem he would "side with the Muslims."

By: ER

ER — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:36:27 +0000

Perhaps because McCain is close friends with Middle East envoy James Jones (someone both Obama and McCain have expressed interest in having in their administrations), and Jones is helping the Palestinian side–supposedly talking about using a "Jenin model" with Hebron now. Then there's the fact that McCain is Republican and echoes Bush's Middle East policies, which again are very pro-Saudi and pro-Arab League in general. His expressed position on Jerusalem is the same as Obama's (except he says he want to move the US embassy there, baloney), both would screw her over. The only difference is that McCain by choosing Palin has shown he might be willing to break a bit more from the Bush and neocon establishment. Because of the anti-Israel climate in the US (yes, it's true), it's probably prudent that Palin's support for Israel has remained somewhat understated, except in areas that would find great support, such as Iran. The Palis probably aren't up to speed on Palin, and/or underestimate the influence she might have and the significance of McCain's Palin choice as a possible indicator of a McCain move towards independence from the Bush approach.