Friday, August 1, 2008
They all say that, as the article makes clear. Still, it's a nice sentiment.
John McCain would move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem if he were elected president, the presumptive Republican nominee for president told CNN Friday.
In what many considered an indirect attempt to expose Sen. Barack Obama's apparent fluctuation on the issue, McCain suggested the relocation of the American embassy from Tel Aviv as an affirmation of his own commitment to an "undivided Jerusalem."
"Right away," McCain said in the interview. "I've been committed to that proposition for years."
Nevertheless, McCain has emphasized that the city's final status is subject to negotiation despite his own position on the matter. It remains to be determined whether his promise to act in accordance with the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital would come to fruition were he elected...
I find it very odd that McCain would REALLY move the Embassy to Jerusalem, where it belongs - given that he threw Pastor John Hagee under the Bus, without even having a conversation with him, first, about the accusations some made against him about his comments about the muslim faith - since John Hagee is just about one of the very biggest Israeli supporters in the USA, and has been for decades.
Given that John McCain is NOT one of the Congressmen who have tried to fight to move our Embassy to Jerusalem in the past.
This smacks of "throw the dog a bone". Now be good and give me your votes like I deserve.
I believe that Bill Clinton made the same promise, but I guess the State Department has more influence than the President.
When did the State Department become one of the branches of government?
When did the State Department become one of the branches of government?
That's a really good question.