Obviously, if you favor engaging with Hamas in some form, then you must hate Israel, right?
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."
Here's the video:
But I guess this comment must have come from McCain's "maverick" days, before he threw common sense and rationality out the window so that the conservatives would like him.
I guess it's also excuseable because McCain is friends with John Hagee now, who as we all know can say anything he wants about Jews and get away with it because after all, he just loves Israel! You see, he had to apologize to Catholics because they're an important swing group, but he can say that Jews brought the Holocaust upon themselves and that we're spiritually dead, just as long as he prefaces it by saying how much he loves Israel:
Thinking about it further...the "not spiritually alive" comment seems to refer to the Jews in Israel specifically, who are mostly secular. In my humble opinion, that's further proof that these people do not love Israel for what it is now, a vibrant democracy that embraces freedom of speech and civil liberties, but for what they want it to be, a fundamentalist state that will play a role in the Rapture/Apocalypse. This is exploitation, and it's something that all American Jews should vigorously oppose.
UPDATE: What Sharon Cobb said.
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His "love" for Israel is bizarre and limited to how they play a role in initiating the obviously factual and literal events of Revelations so he and his megachurch can be swept into heaven
McCain: Do You Support a Federal States of Israel and Palestine as One Nation?
We have had 60 years of experimenting about the Israeli- Palestinian struggle. The region would need help before we will be dragged into a World War III.
No one can reject the fact that creation of Israel on the land of Arabic nations has created tremendous political and economical problems for the United States. We may have to look outside of the box to diffuse the problems. One solution would be for Israel joining us as a member of the Unites States’ Common Wealth.
We are already supporting Israel economically, politically and by sharing intelligence and military hardware. In addition, some Israeli Americans with both Israeli and American citizenships serve in the Israeli Armed Forces. Israel never would have to be fearful of any other nation; our great American Armed Forces will protect the common wealth as they would the homeland.
Would it be politically more advantages for the United States to manage the Jewish state as a member of our Common Wealth?
The Israeli Common Wealth will be free to exercise the religious freedom that our great nation would offer without being isolated among the hostile Arabs.
The Common Wealth should include the Arabs who were forced to leave the land when Zionist invaded the land. It should also include all of the land called by Palestinian as their homeland and by Israeli as their state. I don't suggest this proposal would work or be acceptable by Israel. Then what next?
Would really two nation model for Palestinian and Israeli work in the future? Many experts on the Middle Eastern politics and people would suggest that a two state solution in not viable model. We have struggled with it for nearly 60 years.
Should we be looking at the region as a Federal States with one government elected by all of the people? This model may have a much better chance of survival as a solution for both Israeli and Arabs.
We have been forced into one box by the Israeli Lobby; we need to look outside of this box. We can’t fight wars after wars to support a non-working model of a two state solution. We can’t afford war after war to support a failed two state model.
Israel is not the 51st state.
All else being equal, I honestly don't get the whole "talking = appeasement".
To use a World War II example, we had to talk to the Germans, if only to dictate terms.
Then again, why should common sense get in the way of a good talking points?
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