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And I would add that "deal with them" is not the same as "make a deal with them".

I guess Iran got what the wanted out of Reagan. Lots of Weapons. The GOP ship is sinking. It's sad that you have to go back 28 years to find some hope of saving this joke of a foreign policy.

" Got to love the Lord for making things like that."
Morally Compromised

in caps? Doesn't smell good. I'm gonna leave this one to you. There's a troll in the basement rummaging through he old blogs right now. I gotta go check it out. Does the name "cos" ring a bell with you?

If I were cynical my guess is its the kinder that couldn't pledge a frat trying to find some way to inflate their egos on a friday night.

Unfair. Unbalanced. Unmedicated. -- IMAO

Or read a little bit past the part you quoted?

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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the best part...

"one way or another"

Oh and by the way they are legitimate the people voted them in...idiot!

Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion

Before you start tossing out ad hominem arguments at the entire RedState community, I suggest you take a breath and swallow the bile. McCain's statement is merely an acknowledgment of the political reality that Hamas controls that area. They are not a representative government. Hamas is a true fascist entity, espousing a radical nationalism of Palestine, utilizing terror and violence to bend the populace their way. The only way you could make an argument that they fairly represent the interests of their people is that a majority of their population also seems to seek the destruction of America and Israel. Stating that Hamas is the controlling government is far different than Obama's willingness to engage and any and all comers, provided they have a head of state. That is foolish naivete, and runs hard against McCain's simple statement of fact.

I guess that you're just trolling... Douchebag.

No, I'm certainly not trolling. A couple years ago I would have voted for McCain over any Democrat candidate. I honestly don't see how you read McCain's comment and come to any other conclusion than that a McCain administration will deal diplomatically with Hamas.

How else could Hamas' election represent a "new reality in the Middle East," or how could the lesson learned from their ascendancy to power be that "people want security" and democracy?

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Get it?

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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"Your father will deal with you later, young man."

A serious answer to your question is "Deal with in one way or another" is not anything close to "we should have full diplomatic relations with".

Deal with could mean that yes, we're going to make a deal. It could also mean that we'll apply pressure to get them to change their evil ways (and their goals ARE evil).

The comments about the people wanting security was a reference to them electing a terrorist group for the sake of "Change". They weren't so much supporting Hamas as protesting the current state of affairs. Kinda makes you wonder if change is always a good thing.....

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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If the Post is illiterate then so you must be too. The reason being Obama never said he would immediately and only deal with our enemies by appeasing them. What he said was that in addition to other avenues he would also use diplomacy, unlike Bush who only knows how to use is muscle. Remember that Reagan not only used muscle, but he did a lot of talking as well.

The dorm advisor can see the towel stuffed under your door, and the hall reeks.

And I won't go so far as to call you illiterate (it assumes too high a level of function). You know, you can use that big pile of grey mush inside your head to reason out ideas that aren't spoon fed to you through Markos Mulatis.

Think for yourself kid. I know it's HARD for you, but you can do it. Engage a neuron will you?

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
Proud member of the V.R.W.C.

it their lying attempts to twist someone's words into something they're not?

It seems we had a whole storm of people from the "There own reality based community" who came here to try and impose their made up reality onto the world.

So far their points on this remind me of the old Monty Python "argument" skit.

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
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Freedom of Religion not Freedom from Religion

beclowns you...

The future of America.

God help us all. Thanks for the heads us, Fastest Squirrel.

You have to have something to say before you can engage in a conversation. And starting a conversation with insults will NEVER get your point across.

Or do you always pee on the carpet when you visit people?

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
Proud member of the V.R.W.C.

I think it was accurate. Just read what people immediately have said to me after my original post including you who said: "use that big pile of grey mush inside your head to reason out ideas that aren't spoon fed to you". Now that's insulting.

Look up the definition of insult. Think a bit.

Post something intelligent without insults attached.

Then we'll talk.

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
Proud member of the V.R.W.C.

Insults get like returned.

Socialism doesn't work. It looks nice on paper, but it's been tried and it's failed miserably every time (usually accompanied by widespread death and suffering).
Proud member of the V.R.W.C.