McCain Was For Talking to Hamas Before He Was Against It

[dtotire]

By James P. Rubin



But given his own position on Hamas, McCain is the last politician who should be attacking Obama. Two years ago, just after Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections, I interviewed McCain for the British network Sky News's "World News Tonight" program. Here is the crucial part of our exchange:
I asked: "Do you think that American diplomats should be operating the way they have in the past, working with the Palestinian government if Hamas is now in charge?"
McCain answered: "They're the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but it's a new reality in the Middle East. I think the lesson is people want security and a decent life and decent future, that they want democracy. Fatah was not giving them that."


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[DesertRat]

1. k&r

[cynatnite]

2. McCain is probably as almost as big of a flip flopper as bush...

Abortion, gay marriage, and the confederate flag. I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of right now.