Gored In Jeddah

by Kathleen Parker - February 15, 2006 - TownHall.com

Perhaps Gore, instead of slapping the U.S. for behaviors unbecoming a superpower, might have asked the Saudi monarchy to stop sponsoring terrorists. He might have asked them to stop funding Islamist schools that teach future terrorists that the U.S. is the Great Satan and that all Americans are infidels who need to be killed.

That would be a nice start to our keeping open channels of friendship and mutual understanding. On the other hand, it would probably be considered bad manners to bring up terrorism and that Wahhabi thing while a guest in the Host State. Better to bash the homeboys, who can be counted upon to resist the urge to behead people with whom they disagree.

There are still those who believe that Al Gore should have been President. The disreputable behavior he has shown in Saudi Arabia should disabuse the most fervent democrat of the illusion that Al Gore is a partiot. It should also rate as one more specific example of the reality that democratic leadership is dedicated to the destruction of our nation, at least as long as we remain a free enterprise society. Politics is now all about socialism. If you are not a socialist, democrats will attack you in the most vile of ways.