With Friends Like These....

I know that Barack Obama is not a Muslim or an Al Qaeda Manchurian Candidate as some reprehensible Internet rumors claim. But this endorsement is not going to help. During an interview on WABC radio last Sunday, top Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said the terrorist group supports Obama’s foreign policy vision.

“We don’t mind–actually we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle, and he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with domination and arrogance,” Yousef said in response to a question about the group’s willingness to meet with either of the Democratic presidential candidates.

I don’t mean to knock Obama personally; candidates have no control over who endorses them. I am sure if asked Obama will both reject and denounce Hamas. But again from a policy argument, what does it say that a terrorist organization prefers Obama’s foreign policy to McCain’s?