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Home Front: Politix
Obama's Plan to Talk With Iran Shows `Weak Judgment,' Kyl Says
2008-05-19
Republican Senator Jon Kyl said Barack Obama's willingness to negotiate with Iran shows ``weak judgment,'' signaling his party will likely focus on portraying the Democratic presidential candidate as naive about rogue nations.

Obama's stance of holding talks ``without preconditions'' with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ``shows weak judgment, and frankly, naivete,'' Kyl, the No. 2 Republican leader in the Senate, said on ``Fox News Sunday.''

Obama, the likely Democratic nominee, said May 16 that ``tough diplomacy'' is needed to pressure Iran to foreswear a quest for nuclear weapons. He had said earlier in the campaign that he wouldn't rule out meeting with leaders of hostile states, unlike Republican President George W. Bush.

``What would Senator Obama be talking to Ahmadinejad about, this man who calls Israel a stinking corpse, who said that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth?'' Kyl said on ``Fox News Sunday.''

Posted by:Fred

#4  ...why does Senator Obama want to sit down with a state sponsor of terrorism?''

It didn't work with Hitler. He invaded Czechoslovakia and Poland. He betrayed and broke his agreements. It didn't work with Kruechev. The evil empire collapsed because the pressure was maintained and then ratcheted up some more. The only thing that would work with Ahmadinejad is to put his nuts in a vice and then tighten.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-05-19 17:30  

#3  Senator Barak Hussein OBORAH

truth be told - other then the dumb quote about Hitler, Sen Borah did have many redeeming qualities I cannot lend to BHO.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-05-19 10:35  

#2  From a puff piece with the NYT's Nick Kristof.

NYT - Obama: Man of the World
He once got in trouble for making faces during Koran study classes in his elementary school, but a president is less likely to stereotype Muslims as fanatics — and more likely to be aware of their nationalism — if he once studied the Koran with them.

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

So what part of "Death to America!" does Obama propose to negotiate, the timing? Or will Obama will settle for a severe maiming?
Posted by: ed   2008-05-19 08:28  

#1  He is very poorly educated on such matters.
Posted by: newc   2008-05-19 05:59  

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