BUT SHE SAID WE COULD...

U.S. Troops May Have to Go After Hamas,
Lawmaker (Lori Santos, June 15, 2003, Reuters)

A leading Republican lawmaker said on Sunday U.S. forces may have to help "root out terrorism" in the Middle East conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, including taking aim at Hamas.

In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Sen. Richard Lugar, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said American forces might be part of an international force to help stop attacks by Hamas, the main group behind a campaign of suicide bombings against Israelis, and other groups.

Hamas has said it would reject any peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Lugar said such a force could be used to quell Israeli and Palestinian disputes, "and, maybe even more important, to root out the terrorism that is at the heart of the problem."

Asked if that meant such troops would go after Hamas or other groups, he said, "That may be the conclusion."

"...It may not be just Hamas but clearly Hamas is right in the gunsights," he added.

What's interesting here is not so much even someone as cautious as Senator Lugar saying this but the limb that the Pelosian wing of the Democratic Party has left itself out on by sending that silly letter to President Bush in which they castigated him for condemning the Israeli attack on a Hamas figure earlier this week. Having come out in favor of a policy of assassination where do they hide when the President comes to Congress and says we're going to adopt the policy ourselves? Posted by Orrin Judd at June 15, 2003 9:21 PM