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Thread ID: 9746 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2003-09-12
2003-09-12 15:42 | User Profile
[url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,97122,00.html]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,97122,00.html[/url]
2003-09-12 17:43 | User Profile
**Dean has been under fire for suggesting the United States should not take sides in the Middle East conflict and Israel should get out of disputed territories of the West Bank. While he has insisted that he backs U.S. policy supporting Israel, statements made on Wednesday about Hamas raise new questions.
"There is a war going on in the Middle East, and members of Hamas are soldiers in that war," Dean said Wednesday.
Dean condemned terrorism but his description of Hamas ââ¬â designated by the United States as a terrorist group ââ¬â as "soldiers in a war" conflicts with U.S. policy. The European Union also approved last week the designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization.**
That's some nit picking semantics to get all upset about. Short-term, it's an effective straegy, but it doesn't tkae long until people get sick of hearing the constant whining, and I'm sick of it.