Let me say it politely: any Arab American support for Obama in 2008 is as dumb as Arab American support for George W. Bush in 2000. (And no, I am not only evaluating him on his foreign policy: I trust him on domestic programs as much as I trust Bill Clinton). "His campaign Web site says the American commitment to Israel’s security is “incontrovertible.” As a senator, he backed Israel during its invasion of Lebanon in 2006 and supports military aid to Israel. Weeks after he was sworn in in 2005, he visited
Israel."