Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forum'I have no sympathy for Hamas,' Obama says
WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama sympathizes with the people of Gaza, he said but reserves no such sympathy for its extraordinarily irresponsible Hamas government.
I think it is important to remember that Hamas acts extraordinarily irresponsibly, Obama said on Wednesday, putting civilians at risk with its taunts against Israel, and its placement of rocket launchers in civilian areas during conflict with the Jewish state.
http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/I-have-no-sympathy-for-Hamas-Obama-says-370298
kjones
(1,053 posts)It makes FOX look amiable.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)JPost is not widely read in Israel.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)Indefensible.
FBaggins
(26,760 posts)Nor should he have any sympathy for Hamas.
Palestinians in general? Now that's another thing entirely.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)That's what I've been recently taught in these threads.
FBaggins
(26,760 posts)... he could also be ignorant or irrational.
What he couldn't be is "wrong"... since they are in fact a terrorist organization.