McCain Warns Hamas

John McCain left Hamas little doubt as to what he considers the appropriate response to Hamas’ terror rocketing of Israel. McCain visited Sderot, target of thousands of rockets:

McCain, on what he described as a fact-finding mission to the Middle East, backed Israel's right to respond to rocket fire against Sderot and other southern towns by Palestinian militants just across the frontier in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

"The fact is that I come from a border state, and if people were rocketing my state, I think that the citizens from my state would advocate a very vigorous response," the Arizona senator told reporters.

"When one is attacked, one responds and retaliates. One has to respond to attacks."

Earlier, McCain visited the sacred Western Wall in Jerusalem, placing a note of prayer.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 19, 2008. McCain came to Israel on Tuesday as part of a fact-finding tour of the Middle East which could also boost his popularity among American Jewish voters.
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For those who want Israel to survive in secure peace, with the secure U.S. support it deserves and needs, prayers for McCain to become president are in order.

Judith Klinghoffer adds more reasons.