I think that Jessica and I have talked about as much as we need to on the part Israel is playing in the 2008 election, so this is going to be my last post on the topic unless something else comes up in a later debate.
Yesterday I posted an Obama quote from the AIPAC conference: "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,"
Someone pointed out that Obama later retracted this statement, and he should have. As far as I understand it from some basic research and talking to a few Israeli friends, an undivided Jerusalem is a fairly extreme right proposition. Palestinians were horrified by that quote and it would have been unhelpful if he were elected and hadn't retracted it.
I think you could chalk it up to a Biden-esque gaffe, but it doesn't detract from the point of the post- he's on board.
2 comments:
The issue with Obama's Jerusalem quote is not whether he believes in an undivided Jerusalem or not.
It's the fact that he took a very clear position on a controversial topic in front of an audience that applauded him for doing so. But as soon as a different audience complained, he very quickly changed his rhetoric.
It seems that his opinions change according to which audience is listening.
Is this a person that stands true to his words? Or is he just pleasing the crowd in order to serve his own agenda.
This is why I find it difficult to believe his credibility.
@Karen
He's a politician; you can only truly judge him on his voting record. In every single instance Obama has voted on the side of Israel- John McCain has not.
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