--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Why was it that after 9-11 Rudy Giuliani became known as "America's > > Mayor"? I think it's because, first and foremost, it is the local > > officials who must take responsibility for disasters. > > With acknowledged respect for Giuliani in his management, straight > fowardness and 24/7 dedication in the 9/11 disaster, and some degree > of admiration of him since his DA days, I was struck by his incomplete > even recalcitrant stances on some aspects of responsibility. > > A few days after the attack, the Saudi ambassador to the US presented > him and the city of NYC a check for $10 million. In his short speech, > in acknowledging the horror of the event, also petitioned Americans to > try to understand how such twisted motivations arise, a call to better > understand the "palestinian" refugee issues and calls for a soverign > homeland, the religious objections to american presence in the country > of Mecca and Medina, etc. > > Giuliani refused the check and with some self-rightousness, made a big > point of not accepting any money that makes some moral equivalency > comparisions of the 9/11 attack and American actions, direct and > indirect, in the middle east. "There is no moral equivalency to this > horror...." > > its this sort of self-rightous blind sidedness and arrogance that is > at the root of many of Americas problems internationally.
I totally and completely disagree with you. Indeed, the incident you describe above is, in my opinion, Rudy's shiningest moment. For the Saudi to bring up the Palestinian problem at that time and tie it into the giving of the check was inappropriate and wrong. Rudy would have been taking the equivalent of blood money. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
