Washington – Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain said Monday the United States must increase support for Israel while encouraging the world to remove investments from Iran, which he labelled as the biggest threat to the Jewish state. “The threats to Israel’s security are large and growing, and America’s commitment must grow as well,” McCain told a pro-Israel lobbying group in Washington.
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“I am committed to making certain Israel maintains its qualitative military edge,” McCain told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC.
The Arizona senator criticized Iran’s support of Hezbollah and Hamas, calling Tehran the “world’s chief sponsor of terrorism.” Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons threatens the world, McCain said, while blasting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for controversial remarks about Israel and the Holocaust.
“Foremost in our minds is the threat posed by the regime in Tehran,” McCain said.
McCain said the United States should step up pressure on other countries to divest from Iran and use their political leverage to isolate the Islamic state.
“Rather than sitting down unconditionally with the Iranian president or supreme leader in the hope that we can talk sense into them, we must create the real-world pressures that will peacefully but decisively change the path they are on,” McCain said, taking a jab at the leading Democratic nominee, Barack Obama.
Obama has suggested he would hold unconditional talks with Iran’s leadership.
he’s committed to Israel at least untill after he wins the general election
To David, you are possibly right but O’bama is committed to our destruction and Hil is committed only to herself. So whatcha gonna do?
it should be simple enough to see where mc cain stands on israel just look at his past voting record regarding israel
tHE SMARTEST THING mCcAINJ CAN DO IS GET mIKE hUCKABEE TO RUN WITH HIM FOR VICE-PRSIDENT. HUCKABEE IS A HIGHLOYH MORAL PERSON. IHEARD HIM SPEAK THIS WEEK AT THE ATERET COHANIM DINNER. HE IS FABULOUS. BY THE WAY HE VISITED ISRAEL ALREADY NINE TIMES. THAT IS NOT A POLITICAL MOVE. THE POLITICINAS NEVER GO MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE FOR PUBLICITY. HE WENT OUT OF CONVICTION. HE IS AN OHEV YISRAEL PAR EXCELLENCE. I HOPE HE WILL BE PRESIDENT SOME DAY.
ITCHELE IS RIGHT – I WAS THERE TOO. HE IS ONE REAL AND MORAL PERSON. I WISH HE HAD WON THE REPUBLICAN NOD FOR PRESIDENT. HE WOULD HAVE AN EASIER TIME THAN McCAIN WILL HAVE – AND MAYBE EVEN LOSE BECAUSE OF IRAQ. IF OBAMA WINS – ERETZ YISRAEL HERE I COME.