Posted on 08/13/2002 5:47:06 PM PDT by jokemoke
FAMILIES OF AMERICAN TERROR VICTIMS IN ISRAEL LASH OUT AT BUSH SNUB
Tue Aug 13 2002 20:25:00 ET
Distraught relatives of American students killed in a bomb attack at Israel's Hebrew University are furious they haven't heard from President Bush or anyone else at the White House, the WASHINGTON POST is planning to report on Wednesday, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
One sister of a bombing victim tells Lloyd Grove of the POST, according to insiders, how Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Hillary Clinton have both reached out personally to express their condolences; while Bush has done nothing.
Another angry family member fumed in a fax to the president: "The 9 miners who were trapped underground for 72 hours were rescued... A few days later you went to their celebration party... My cousin was murdered and you didn't even make a phone call or write a letter to her family."
Bush did make several public statements expressing anger over the five American deaths.
Developing...
Okay, so let's say that some American tourists are killed in Madrid because of a carbomb planted by the Basque separatists. You're the President. What do you do?
Saddam Hussein, a more dangerous enemy to Israel than Hamas or Arafat has taken to the bunkers and is shitting in his pants. Does that qualify?
President Bush is President of America. Israel is a sovereign nation responsible for those within its borders. Do you want President Bush to annex Israel and handle Hamas or should that be left to Sharon?
And you would do what? Nuke'em?
Bingo.
By CELEAN JACOBSON, Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM - A personal, handwritten message of condolence from U.S. President George W. Bush ( news - web sites) was read out Wednesday at an emotional memorial ceremony for the seven people, including five Americans, who were killed in the bomb attack at Hebrew University.
"I send my heartfelt sympathy to those families who have been terrorized by the killers. I also mourn for the dead," Bush's message said. "We must not allow a few killers to halt the march to peace."
The message, read by the university president, ended by saying: "I will continue to work toward a vision of two states at peace. I will press on with our campaign against terror."
Courtesy of Deport.
Exactly what I thought when I read this. Geez, my mother died in January and I didn't receive a visit, a phone call or a sympathy card from the President....I wasn't upset about it. But then, I really didn't expect the President of the United States to telephone or visit the family of every American that dies.
Lord, are we turning into a nation of crybabies or what!!!!
Using your Chicago analogy...
There are sections of Detroit that, should I be murdered while there, my family...as outraged as they might be, would still say "he should have never been in that 'neck of the woods'... "He knew better"...
Americans are killed over 1500 times each year so why do you put more value on an American Jew---Why ?
Why? Amercian is American and just because they were Jews killed in Israel you want the President to pander to them?
Holy freekin cow !
Not one peep from the crowd here the other day when an American GI died defending our rights and freedom ?
Sick !
I see. Just bomb some villages in Spain.
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