Perhaps he was being silent to give Israel a chance to work it out. Or perhaps he didn't want to give the kidnappers any more media attention than they already had. That's the whole point of political kidnappings anyhow, to bring attention to the kidnappers.
I suspect that if he had made a speech about it, or if the First Lady had mentioned it as she did the Nigerian kidnappings. his opponents would have accused him of using it for political gain. I don't like him much, but it really seems like he can just never win. On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > So the Jerusalem post says that Obama gave a personal message to the former > president of Israel. Not the same as the public messages from the UN and > other world leaders, but it was a message. I just did a search for "US > President Obama expresses his well wishes for the three kidnapped teens*"* > and only found the Jerusalem post's blog entry and sites that pointed to > it. No major news outlets reporting this. I guess that's why I missed it. > > As for condolences, I expected that to be said publicly and I see he had > his standard disclaimer which is basically for Israel not to react. Good > luck with that. > > But the boys are dead and the point is moot. Next news item. > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> This article states otherwise: >> >> http://www.jpost.com/National-News/LIVE-BLOG-The-search-for-the-kidnapped-teens-359360 >> >> Monday June 30, 2014 11:35 P.M. >> US President Barack Obama responded to the deaths of Naftali Fraenkel, >> Eyal Yifrah and Gil-Ad Shaer, sending his condolences to the families >> of the teenagers and condemning the "senseless act of terror against >> innocent youth." >> >> >> Wednesday June 24, 2014 10:00 P.M >> . US President Obama expresses his well wishes for the three kidnapped >> teens to Shimon Peres on the latter's final presidential visit to the >> US. >> >> âOur hearts are with the kidnapped teens and the nation of Israel. >> From the moment the abduction occurred, there has been coordination >> between the US and Israel. The US will continue to help and to do >> whatever it can together with the the State of Israel in order to >> return the kidnapped teens to their homes.â >> >> Peres also updated Obama about Israelâs search for the teenagers.We >> >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Michael Dinowitz >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Three Jewish teens were abducted over 2 weeks ago. One of these teens was >> > an American citizen. Their bodies were just discovered dead today. At no >> > time between the kidnapping and now has our president said a single word >> > about the kidnapping. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371185 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
