Friday, May 09, 2008

Hamas' Newfound Love For JFK

Victor Davis Hanson on Hamas' new-found respect for John F. Kennedy:
One of the strange things that struck me about the following much discussed quote is the sheer arrogance of Hamas:
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.
So we are to believe that John Kennedy was to Palestinian terrorists—a "great man with great principle"? If so, why then did Palestinian terrorist Sirhan Sirhan murder his brother Robert, and for years became a cult figure on the West Bank and Gaza for it?
Sirhan Sirhan, though Palestinian, was Christian--not Muslim. Nevertheless, the Palestinian adulation for the murderer is in line with their celebration of 9/11.

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