Dear Eric,
A friend of mine recently brought it to my attention that actors and musicians on the downside of their careers tend to be the ones with the biggest and most critical mouths. I want to start by thanking you for adding credibility to his statement.
A little background about me first. If anything, I’m a Democrat. I say it like that because I’ve always leaned somewhat on the left on some issues, very on the left on others, and with the exception of foreign affairs never on the right-wing side of issues. Subsequently I am not the guy you would expect to hear from on this matter. However, I am so disturbed by this tactic used by you and others to push a political agenda at all costs, that I felt a burning need to speak up.
For you or anyone else to say that George W. Bush killed James Foley is nothing short of despicable. Just like those who chose to blame him for 9/11 or those who blamed Bill Clinton for 9/11, to assign blame to an American president on that level is divisive, disgraceful, and a misguided use of a platform you really shouldn’t even have. Since you clearly don’t get it, allow me to explain it to you.
I am not getting into, nor am I willing to break down the efforts or decisions of American presidents to you in regard to their foreign affairs policies, because the point you clearly do no get is that it is irrelevant in this discussion. What is relevant is the use of language and the accusation you so emphatically disseminated. For those who used partisan politics to pick a president to blame for 9/11 let me start there. Al-Qaeda and Osama bin-Laden are responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 people on 9/11, not Clinton or W. And you, the great political mind that you are, need to understand that it was not George W. Bush who killed James Foley and many others including Steven Sotloff, it was the terrorist group known as ISIS.
There’s a trend today among people like yourself, people who all of a sudden have a lot to say about the events taking place in the world. They tend to reveal their fears of the real evil by going after someone else. I understand you don’t want to piss off the real bad guys because then you might get hurt, but as an American I prefer you didn’t attack a former president in a manner that actually helps the bad guys.
As far as your last comment stating that Barack Obama stands for compassion, whether or not I agree with you or not isn’t the issue either. What is the issue is that ending the statement as you did proves that your damaging indictment of George W. Bush is nothing other than an irresponsible and very partisan statement at a time when we need non-partisan actions and behaviors.
And here’s a twist that might really shut you up, although I doubt it. My last 3 votes for president went to Obama twice and George W. Bush once. So I clearly am not taking sides based on party politics. I just don’t like what you did.
Sincerely,
David Groen
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