... Obama’s Arafat blunder is an embarrassment for the leader of the free world

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Barack Obama’s Arafat blunder is an embarrassment for the leader of the free world

By Nile GardinerWorld
Last updated: March 21st, 2013

As Daniel Halper at The Weekly Standard has reported, Barack Obama took part in a joint press conference with President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank this morning under a beaming banner of Yasser Arafat, also known as the “father of modern terrorism”. The Standard piece quotes from an extensive timeline of Arafat’s reign of terror, drawn up by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, reminding its readers of Arafat’s grim track record:
 
Groups under Arafat's direct or indirect command – including Fatah, Black September, Tanzim and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade – were responsible for hundreds of bombings, hijackings, assassinations and other attacks, including the 1972 murder of 11 of Israel's Olympic athletes in Munich, the 1973 murder of the American ambassador to Sudan, Cleo Noel, and the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruiseship (resulting in the murder of wheelchair-bound Leon Klinghoffer).
 
It is simply astonishing that the leader of the free world would agree to speak against a backdrop of a murderous terrorist with American and Israeli blood on his hands. What kind of message does this send to America’s enemies when the president of the United States gives a press conference standing in front of a banner celebrating one of the most brutal terrorists in history? It projects a clear signal that Washington is weak in the face of terrorism, and it is an insult to the memory of those who died at the hands of Arafat’s terror network.

Blunder? Standard operating system is more correct.

[Dori]

This is disgraceful.  Rudy Giuliani was on FOX last night and he was livid.
When he was mayor of NYC, he threw Arafat out.

Hannity brought up the fact that Obama made a Catholic college cover up a cross when he gave a speech there and then he appears under the picture of Arafat, who was a terrorist and has American blood on his hands.

[docstew]

Blunder? Standard operating system is more correct.

It's a feature, not a bug.

[rich_t]

That moron has been an embarrassment since the day he was elected.

[J P Sousa]

This is disgraceful.  Rudy Giuliani was on FOX last night and he was livid.
When he was mayor of NYC, he threw Arafat out.

Hannity brought up the fact that Obama made a Catholic college cover up a cross when he gave a speech there and then he appears under the picture of Arafat, who was a terrorist and has American blood on his hands.

Obama proves everyday where his heart is.........and it's not with America.
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[JohnnyReb]

Obama proves everyday where his heart is.........and it's not with America.
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Muslims pledge their allegiance to Islam and not a nation.