PERFIDIOUS PRINCES & EX-VEEPS
NEW YORK POST
Editorial
February 14, 2006
Speaking of terrorist-enablers, what's up with Al Gore these days?
For those Americans in need of further evidence of why they should thank heaven — or, at least, the Supreme Court — that Gore lost the battle of the hanging chads five years ago, this past weekend provided it.
Once upon a time, an American politician — regardless of party — would never dream of criticizing U.S. foreign policy while abroad. That tradition was long ago trashed, with Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton among the more egregious offenders.
And then there is Gore.
He did the two ex-commanders-in-chief one better — or, more accurately, one worse — over the weekend, pandering to the perfidious princes of Riyadh in their own country.
Gore was at an international conference in Saudi Arabia, where he teed off on what he saw as unacceptable war-on-terror tactics by the U.S.
He complained that Arabs in the United States had been "indiscriminately rounded up" and "held in conditions that were just unforgivable."
He was a little light on specifics — and seemingly oblivious to the fact that human rights in Saudi Arabia are, to put it delicately, not common currency.
Then Gore further apologized for the United States decision to end an expedited visa process for Saudis — that is, for making it a little tougher for Saudis to get into the country.
Saudi Arabia's sand dunes will freeze over before Riyadh apologizes for the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis — who, by the way, got into the U.S. through the so-called "visa express" program that was curtailed after the attacks.
And Gore wants to reinstate it?
He should tell it to the FDNY.
It's a sad fact that America's need for energy has forced it into an alliance with Saudi Arabia, whose ruling princes are exporters of the Islamofascist agenda that inspired 9/11.
Why Al Gore feels the need to climb in bed with these creeps is a mystery. Why he does it in public — in the kingdom itself — is a scandal.
For shame.
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