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J-GOP on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:40:55 AM
Obama Says He'd Meet Him Personally
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) today released the latest in an ongoing series of national advertisements. These ads are part of a substantial advertising campaign undertaken by the RJC.
The new ad examines the record of anti-Israel statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Sen. Barack Obama's stated willingness to meet personally with the Iranian dictator.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel recently, saying the Jewish state would not survive.(1)
The Iranian president repeated his previous anti-Israel comments, calling the Holocaust by Nazi Germany during World War II a fabrication and saying that Israel is perpetrating a holocaust on the Palestinian people.(2)
Barack Obama? He says he's willing to meet with Ahmadinejad without any preconditions.
Ahmadinejad said, in 2005, that he believed Israel should be "wiped off the map"(3) and later called the Holocaust "a myth."(4) Most recently, he described the Jewish state as a "germ of corruption" that will be "removed soon."(5)
Obama? He called Iran a "tiny" country that doesn't "pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us."(6) And Sen. Obama is opposed to critical legislation labeling Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization.(7)
Should we be surprised about Obama's positions? Obama surrounds himself with anti-Israel advisors like General Tony McPeak, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Robert Malley. And his spiritual mentor was anti-American, anti-Semite Rev. Jeremiah Wright.(8)
Barack Obama has not shown the wisdom, experience or strength to stand up to the radicals who would do us harm.
RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said, "Sen. Barack Obama comes to the national stage with a fundamental lack of experience and a naive world view which is most particularly evident with regard to the Middle East and Israel. His perspectives on Iran and on how the U.S. should deal with Iran are causes for real concern."
"Iran is a near-nuclear rogue state that is the chief state sponsor of international terrorism and a significant threat to U.S. interests and allies in Europe and the Middle East. Obama's willingness to meet with the Iranian president and to downplay the threat posed by Iran demonstrate a profound lack of the experience, wisdom, and strength our next president will need to guide our country in the dangerous years ahead." said Brooks.
Click here to see the ad.
(1) AP, 9/18/08; (2) Haaretz.com, 9/18/08; (3) IRIB News, 10/26/05; (4) CNN.com, 12/14/05; (5) AP, 8/20/08; (6) Obama speech, Pendleton (OR), 5/18/08; (7) Obama press release, 9/26/07; (8) Chicago Tribune, 2/11/08