Speaking of traitors ... this crackpot was fewer than 600 votes short of being Commander in Chief!

Gore laments U.S. 'abuses' against Arabs

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - 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."

On Iran, Gore complained of "endemic hyper-corruption" among Tehran's religious and political elite and asked Arabs to take a stand against Iran's nuclear program.

Iran says its program is for peaceful purposes but the United States and other Western countries suspect Tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons.

"Is it only for the West to say this is dangerous?" Gore asked. "We should have more people in this region saying this is dangerous."

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Gore said Arabs had been "indiscriminately rounded up" and held in "unforgivable" conditions.

Uh ... What? What the hell is he talking about?!

"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."

Whoa ... whoa ... We thought Bush was too cozy with SA ... We agree about "[t]he thoughtless way in which visas are now handled" ... 3000+ of us would be alive now were visa handled in a thoughtful way.

We used to enjoy branding folks like the Lunatic Al Gore as "Useful Idiots" ...

However, we received a lot of email from admitted idiots who resented being tarred with the same brush as those whose insanity cheers our enemies on.

Seems that most idiots are patriotic.

As for Gore ... he seems to be following the lead of Bill "Qatar" Clinton -- Badmouthing "his" country in a Middle Eastern shithole ... the consequences be damned.