Monday, June 8, 2009

Tom Brokaw & Obama's visit to Buchenwald

I had a great deal of admiration and respect for Tom Brokaw until reading his statement in an exclusive interview w/ President Obama during his visit to Buchenwald.   
Brokaw: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?
President Obama's response to Tom Brokaw was the following.
Obama: Well, look, there's no equivalency here.
I can't believe what an insensitive statement Tom Brokaw made in comparing the treatment of Palestinians to Buchenwald. I wonder if he has been to Gaza & witnessed first hand what Israeli's have been dealing with. I am in no way condoning the killing of innocent Palestinian women and children.  Palestinians themselves fear their government when they are being used as pawns to make Israeli's look like murderers. It is a known fact that Hamas would like to see Israel & the Jews destroyed.
I am also going to contact the NBC News Today program about this.  If you would like to contact them their e-mail is today@nbcuni.com I am enclosing the link to the article and video from Honest Reporting and would appreciate your views on this. http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/cr