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Di Leo: A Helicopter Crashes, and an Opportunity is Missed
American Thinker ^ | May 22, AD 2024 | John F Di Leo

Posted on 05/22/2024 6:15:29 PM PDT by jfd1776

“My condolences.”

“I’m so sorry for your loss.”

“My sympathies.”

“May he rest in peace.”

Raised as we are in Western civilization, we have an instinctive response when we hear of someone’s death, whether by natural causes, by accident, or even by murder. We think first of his or her family and friends, we naturally empathize with their sorrow, and we wish them these words and more, heartfelt and seriously.

We would be sad if a loved one died, and we assume that everyone must have loved ones. Our sympathy is automatic.

One wouldn’t think this would be a problem, but in politics, and therefore in the press as well, it can be – because there are people who have no loved ones, and with good reason; there are people who will not, and more importantly should not, be missed.

On Saturday, May 19, Ebrahim Raisi, allegedly a direct descendent of their “prophet” himself, was killed in a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan, a province in Iran. A few other officials went down with the chopper as well, but Ebrahim Raisi is the one who made the news, because at the time of his death, he was serving as president of Iran.

As a result, other heads of state and their staffs started issuing the perfunctory letters of condolence. “We extend our sympathies...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: adiosmofo; iran; raisi; waronterror
(Note: I apologize for the small typo where I accidentally refer to "Putin's invasion of Iran," obviously I meant Ukraine. Working on getting that corrected on the server.)
1 posted on 05/22/2024 6:15:29 PM PDT by jfd1776
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democrats are the enemy of freedom. They conspired to defeat us in Vietnam, they reversed the successes of the civil rights movement by intentionally destroying the black family unit, they overthrew the shah of Iran, our ally, they destroyed the public education system, they debased the currency, they are overwhelming well-intentioned social services, they destroyed the electoral process, and they are invalidating the Constitution.


3 posted on 05/22/2024 7:22:57 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: HIDEK6

Exactly right on all counts, Hidek6.


4 posted on 05/22/2024 8:02:37 PM PDT by jfd1776 (John F. Di Leo, Illinois Review Columnist)
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