Roula Talj's open letter to Clinton

[malaise]

on CNN now - has anyone seen this letter in which she says Clinton was the last US President to be respected by the people of the Middle East.

I must see this letter.

[joemurphy]

1. Wolf Blitzer obviously hasn't seen it. Cheering the war on,

as usual. Great for his ratings.

[Spazito]

2. Wolf was absolutely disgusting in his interview, his obsessive

intent to protect Israel and it's actions was in full display. He would ask her a question and then immediately interrupt her answer to ask another question framed in a blatantly pro-Israel way.

[bluedog]

6. he was being totally hateful towards her........

I wrote CNN about him before and said he should NOT be allowed to interview about Israel because he was Jew............and they sent me a"thank-you" note for watching their station.form type e-mail..........

[malaise]

7. I swear he is

Mossad.

[11cents]

12. Holy crap.

I've loathed Blitzer for years, but if your letter really said he shouldn't be allowed to do interviews about Israel "because he was a Jew," the response should have read "Thank you for watching our network. You are a racist." I assume you believe Amy Goodman should also be forbidden from doing interviews about Israel?

[MoseyWalker]

8. I saw it exactly as you did

it pissed me off because this kind of thing happens all the time. I even started a thread about it around the same time as this one.

[me b zola]

3. I'm watching---wow

Wolf did read a portion of the letter where Roula asks for Clinton to help to stop the madness of the bush ME policies.

I would love to not only read the letter, but to write to Roula.

[me b zola]

4. Here's a link to the transcript

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/27/sitroom.01.html

Alright, cnn says this is a rushed transcript, not complete at this time. As of yet the transcript makes no mention of the letter to Clinton. Here, though, is an excerpt of the transcript:

BLITZER: Roula, let me interrupt. Roula, let me interrupt. Is there any sense of growing frustration in Lebanon as a result of what Hezbollah has done there? In other words, is there a backlash against Hezbollah because of the attacks against Israel and the Israeli counterstrikes and all of that? Are people angry, in other words, at Hezbollah?

TALJ: Wolf, probably behind closed doors. I don't know. To be honest with you, maybe behind closed doors, people are frustrated. But when you talk to people in the streets, to our friends, my -- our families; on the contrary, the growing frustration is against Israel and especially the Americans, because they are allowing Israelis to go on with their attacks. They haven't done anything to cease-fire or to get people to think -- to think smart.

And let me say something, Wolf. What I wanted to highlight here, I understand that it's like a high stakes poker game taking place, where Olmert cannot give in because he would lose politically, where the resistance in the south also cannot give in because of their existence, practically.

But what I want to say -- and I'm addressing this to all the smart, moderate people of the United States and Lebanon and Israel and all over. Courage is to give in when it's needed, when it's for the best interest of all. And I think it would be very courageous to cease-fire and to get to the negotiation table in order to seek a solution that would secure both Palestinians, Lebanese, Israelis, a better future. The generation to come will not have to suffer what we are suffering today. And this is the courageous part. It's not courageous to bombard and to destroy...

[malaise]

5. Thanks a million

That's from an earlier interview.

Edit add.

[me b zola]

9. doh! so sorry

I did find a link on how to contact Roula!

http://www.leb.org/v3/display/8002/usa/roula_talj/

[malaise]

10. Thanks

:D

[Skidmore]

11. I saw that young lady and she is spot on.

This war is not the way to get to peace.

She actually said Clinton was the last "legitimate" US President to be respected by the peoples of the ME.

[gatorboy]

13. Boy, I can't wait to see how the right spins that...

"Middle East terrorists LOVE Clinton!"

[malaise]

14. Indeed that was a profound statement

Any links to her letter to Clinton?
Here's the transcript
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0608/04/sitroom.01.html

add link.