Buchanan on U.S. Interests and Israeli-Arab Tensions
The Bush Administration states, “Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir must share the blame for the massacre of seven Arab workers and the rioting that followed . . .” (“Shamir Rebuked by U.S. Over Deaths of 7 Palestinians,” Part A, May 22).
A disturbed individual goes berserk and guns down seven innocent people and somehow Shamir is guilty. Using this logic, it was reported on the same day that 722 homicides have occurred thus far in 1990 in Los Angeles. I want to know when and where President Bush will stand trial for murder? Doesn’t he share the blame?
Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader, stated, “We are ashamed, all of us, and sorry. It’s a crazy man and a crazy situation.” When was the last time a member of the PLO apologized or showed remorse for the death of an Israeli? Or was Peres referring to Bush?
JON BLANK
Agoura
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