Saturday May 17, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Candidate Barack Obama took offense at the comments made by President George Bush in front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
The president's comments warned about talking to terrorists.

The reference seemed to be about Obama - but it was not.
Yes, Obama wants to even the playing field and talk to Syria, Iran and North Korea. But no, Obama does not want to talk with Hamas. He has maintained that position from the start.

So why does Barack Obama think that George Bush was speaking about him?
It is all about a basic insecurity over the policy of talking with your enemies and about reinventing that particular diplomatic wheel.

Bush was referencing an ex-president who was just in the region talking to Hamas in Syria. An ex-president who laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat.
He was talking about former President Jimmy Carter who strongly believes in talking to terrorists.

A world of advice to the candidate: If you are insecure in your own foreign policy, the people will have a hard time believing in you.

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