Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs

yahoonews ^ | 2/12//06 | Jim Krane

[beyond the sea]

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.

Gore said Arabs had been "indiscriminately rounded up" and held in "unforgivable" conditions. The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida's hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications.

"The thoughtless way in which visas are now handled, that is a mistake," Gore said during the Jiddah Economic Forum. "The worst thing we can possibly do is to cut off the channels of friendship and mutual understanding between Saudi Arabia and the United States."

Gore told the largely Saudi audience, many of them educated at U.S. universities, that Arabs in the United States had been "indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable."

"Unfortunately there have been terrible abuses and it's wrong," Gore said. "I do want you to know that it does not represent the desires or wishes or feelings of the majority of the citizens of my country."

[MJY1288]

Treason

[BunnySlippers]

Duplicate

[A CA Guy]

Wow, he did this AGAIN? I just 7 hours ago was shocked by reading this in another thread.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Wholly, crap.

[Atchafalaya]

Your basic dumbass!!!

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The modern democratic party has rendered the word meaningless.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"Gore told the largely Saudi audience, many of them educated at U.S. universities, that Arabs in the United States had been "indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable.""

I wonder how much cash Ole-Al will hit the Saudis for?

[Windsong]

The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida's hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications.

Man oh man..it doesnt get much better than this!!

[Windsong]

Bump

[Mike Darancette]

Duplicate

Give a link or shut up.

[beyond the sea]

oops, right.

I didn't search deep enough down the list.

Must have had too much iced tea.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18325

[Mike Darancette]

Gore is slandering his own nation. I hope the Democrats are happy.

[John Lenin]

The worst thing we can possibly do is to cut off the channels of friendship and mutual understanding between Saudi Arabia and the United States."

Mohammed Atta fit right in, went to topless dance clubs, drank alcohol. Gore is an Idiot!

[beyond the sea]

shocked is good for you

[tina07]

What is HE doing over there, I guess he still hasn't gotten the memo that he lost the election. He makes me ill.

[A CA Guy]

Gore should be retire in the Middle East in a capacity most suited for him, as a barge.

[goresalooza]

Once again, climb aboard Mad Algore's Bus of Insanity as it meanders over to the dark side.

This dude is NUTSO, he needs to be strung up and hung for treason. Thanks, big fat algore, for giving my handle continuing validity!

[DeuceTraveler]

Well, I wasn't planning to vote for the man if he tried to get elected again. Now I have another reason, out of many.

[Racehorse]

What is HE doing over there . . .

Tapping investors for his liberal whatever-it-was-supposed-to-be network?

Inventing the internet?  Whoops, he already done done that.

Spreading the Good News of the Gospel?  Nah, what am I thinking?

Smuggling contraband liquor out of the international compounds?

Peaking a look at the veiled Saudi babes?

You know, I don't have clue why he's over there.  Bet the Saudis don't neither.