Last November, before the election, this blog predicted that if Obama was elected president, he would push for the legitimization of the Hamas Islamic terrorist organization.
That particular post has been continually updated as relevant moves by Team Obama have taken place.
Here is the most shocking, but not surprising, move by Team Obama yet. From Jpost:
"The Obama administration has asked Congress for minor changes in US law that would allow the continued provision of funds to the Palestinian Authority even if Hamas officials become part of a Palestinian unity government, the LA Times reported Monday. "
[There should be outrage by taxpayers over this, and not only over the certain benefit to Hamas, but Fatah Islamists as well. The mighty Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, and your other favorite talk show hosts need to beat the drum against this. Will they? They haven't yet.]
Before this latest move by Team Obama, George Mitchell, no doubt under direction from Mr. Obama himself, became the first Administration / State Dept. diplomat to publically , in official capacity, support a Fatah/Hamas unity.
There is a reason for that. It would be a major step toward legitimizing Hamas.
Hillary Clinton, Obama's Sect. of State, just last week made an outrageous statement of support for funding governments that included terrorist organizations.
"Last week, speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, Clinton indicated that the US would not necessarily cut funding to the Palestinians even if Hamas joins the unity government and fails to meet the three above conditions, noting that the US continues to provide funds to Lebanon, whose government includes Hizbullah. "
Clueless Clinton also had the audacity to assert that funding governments such as Lebanon, which includes the recognized Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah, is in the U.S. national interest! [No it isn't!]
By doing so the U.S. bestows legitimacy to Hezbollah. Intentionally or not.
This is history repeating itself, in light of the wrongful, misguided, and deplorable legitimization of the Fatah PLO. Which still to this day has never genuinely recognized the right of Israel to exist.
A senior bigshot with Fatah, Mohammad Dahlan, acknowledged on a taped interview that Fatah still does not recognize Israel.
Politicians and diplomats all demand, [disingenuously], that Hamas must recognize Israel. What ? Fatah does not recognize Israel.
What is the most dispicable thing here is that those in the U.S. State Dept. and the Obama Administration are of course well aware of this.
Yet they continue to bully and pressure Israel to make appeasement to Islamists who want nothing but there destruction.
That is evil.