Obama on Wright: “Outrageously Wrong” March 23, 2008
Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s decision to publish a Hamas manifesto in his church bulletin — perhaps one of the most abrasive things one could print in one’s church newsletter — seems to be part of his now increasingly indefensible MO. Obama has called the decision “outrageously wrong” and told the JTA:
“I have already condemned my former pastor’s views on Israel in the strongest possible terms, and I certainly wasn’t in church when that outrageously wrong Los Angeles Times piece was re-printed in the bulletin,” Obama said in a statement e-mailed to JTA late Thursday.
“Hamas is a terrorist organization, responsible for the deaths of many innocents, and dedicated to Israel’s destruction, as evidenced by their bombarding of Sderot in recent months. I support requiring Hamas to meet the international community’s conditions of recognizing Israel, renouncing violence, and abiding by past agreements before they are treated as a legitimate actor.”
Obama needs to keep this guy as far away as possible.
Hamas was funded and allowed to flourish by Israel as a rival to the secular Yasser Arafat.
Israel pretends it wants peace but it continues to fuel violence between Israelis and Palestinians, as well as amongst the the Palestinians themselves, so that they don’t have to make any agreements with the Palestinians.