Daily Archives: January 9, 2009

Jan 9 2009

Obama Administration Will Talk to Hamas

A leading British newspaper, quoting unnamed advisers to President-elect Barack Obama, reported late Thursday that the administration is willing to negotiate directly with Hamas, the Islamist group fighting Israel in Gaza that is considered a terrorist organization by the United States.

If true, the story in the Friday edition of the British Guardian newspaper represents a huge gamble by Obama in the early days of his adminstration.

A misstep will not only tarnish U.S. foreign policy, it could cause a serious breach between a new administration and Israel just as the Jewish state confronts a nuclear threat from Iran, one of Hamas’ chief sponsors. Politically, it could wreak huge damage among the Democrat’s Jewish base in the United States. Read More

Talking with terrorist not such a good thing!  More on this issue below. 

While the world focused on Hamas militants launching rockets from Gaza at southern Israel, the terrorist organization also voted quietly to implement Islamic law in the Gaza Strip, including crucifixion of Christians, according to reports in the Arabic press.

 The traditional Muslim criminal code, known as Sharia law, includes penalties such as amputation of limbs for stealing and the death penalty, including crucifixion, for actions Hamas deems detrimental to “Palestinian interests,” including collaborating with Israel.  Read More

Jan 9 2009

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is advising Obama on Domestic and Foreign Affairs

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is advising President-elect Barack Obama that he should move forward with “fundamental change” – not just in foreign policy, but in U.S. domestic policy as well.
 
Friday’s Washington Post reprinted the letter, in which Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama on winning the Nov. 4 election.
 
The Iranian president then goes on to lecture the President-elect: Read More

Wait a minute Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama on winning then Calls for Suicide Bombers to Attack the U.S.

Fliers calling for young people to sign up for Hezbollah suicide attacks against the U.S. were distributed recently in Tehran and elsewhere in Iran.

The Iranian Web site Tabnak reported that the fliers called on young Iranians to sign up for Hezbollah “martyrdom operations,” according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute. Read More

Its going to be interesting how Barack handles Iran. Do you think direct talks will be the way to go or should Obama stay the Bush course on this issue? Jimmy Carter tried talking to Iran and got no where.

Jan 9 2009

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Obama’s willingness to open direct talks with Iran could be perceived in the Middle East as “weakness”

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday that there should not be any direct talks between the U.S. and Iran to try to convince Tehran to restrain its nuclear program. Obama’s willingness to open such talks could be perceived in the Middle East as “weakness,” she said.
 
“We live in a neighborhood in which sometimes dialogue — in a situation where you have brought sanctions, and you then shift to dialogue — is liable to be interpreted as weakness,” Livni said in an interview on Israel’s state-run radio when asked about a U.S. policy shift toward Iran in the Obama administration. Read More

In my opinion Barack Obama is weak like Jimmy Carter and Iran will try and take advantage of that weakness. No country better than Israel would understand Iran.  Will Barack try and open direct talks knowing that it could make him look weak?  Or will Barack follow President Bush lead and stay the course? Come on now and be honest, what do you think he will do and should do?