FoxNews reports:
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.
UPDATE: Some context. Last June, Yousef
wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post
urging America to engage Hamas. I blogged about it at
the time. It's pretty clear what's going on here. Hamas wants
an American president who they can manipulate, Arafat-style, into
believing they seek peace, while they continue a campaign of
terrorism and hang on to their ultimate goal of destroying Israel.
They know they have an easy mark in Obama.
topics:
Foreign Policy, Israel
