September 6, 2005 - Bill Spins French Aid in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
In O’Reilly’s “The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day” for Monday, September 5, he gave us his
assessment of French aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
“Our great ally France has offered the following in the wake of Katrina: 600 tents, 1,000 cots, some
kitchen kits, 60 generators and 12 experts to advise the American Red Cross. I hope they speak
English.
Now I believe the 4-H Club of Bangor, Maine, has topped that offer.
The boycott of France remains intact. Get your bumper stickers on billoreilly.com. To not do so
would be ridiculous. Why do they even bother? -- Keep your cots. “
That’s pretty harsh criticism of our baguette-wielding friends. Especially since it’s a complete lie.
Here’s the complete text of the article Bill references from Bloomberg.com:
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Germany and France, the two leading European opponents of the U.S.
invasion of Iraq, have offered aid to the U.S. to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, which
probably killed thousands of people in four Gulf coast states.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Germany is ready to provide help including airlift capacities,
vaccination, water purification, medical supplies and pumping services. The aid is available in the
short term and can be brought to the U.S. on German air force and chartered planes, Schroeder
said. The U.S. government has agreed to receive the help in principle, he said.
``The pictures that we see on television are hard to bear,'' Schroeder told reporters today at the
Chancellery in Berlin. ``It is not only our historical duty because we've received unlimited help from
the American people after the war, but it also goes without saying'' that Germany will try to help as
much as it can.
France has 35 disaster relief workers in the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe ready
to leave for the U.S. the minute they are asked, Denis Simonneau, deputy spokesman for the French
Foreign Ministry, said at a press briefing today. A 60-strong disaster relief team in mainland France
could be sent ``very quickly,'' he said.
Simonneau said France has offered 600 tents, 1000 camp beds, 60 generators, and three portable
water treatment plants that are stockpiled in Martinique. In addition two planes, two naval ships
and a hospital ship are standing ready in the Caribbean, he said.
Bill just couldn’t admit that France was stepping up to the plate to help the victims of hurricane Katrina,
so rather than just avoid the story altogether, he spins and deceives until the facts support his own
agenda.
Would you characterize the U.S. involvement in World War I by the number of canteens our soldiers had
in Europe at the time?
In O’Reilly’s “The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day” for Monday, September 5, he gave us his
assessment of French aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
“Our great ally France has offered the following in the wake of Katrina: 600 tents, 1,000 cots, some
kitchen kits, 60 generators and 12 experts to advise the American Red Cross. I hope they speak
English.
Now I believe the 4-H Club of Bangor, Maine, has topped that offer.
The boycott of France remains intact. Get your bumper stickers on billoreilly.com. To not do so
would be ridiculous. Why do they even bother? -- Keep your cots. “
That’s pretty harsh criticism of our baguette-wielding friends. Especially since it’s a complete lie.
Here’s the complete text of the article Bill references from Bloomberg.com:
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Germany and France, the two leading European opponents of the U.S.
invasion of Iraq, have offered aid to the U.S. to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, which
probably killed thousands of people in four Gulf coast states.
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Germany is ready to provide help including airlift capacities,
vaccination, water purification, medical supplies and pumping services. The aid is available in the
short term and can be brought to the U.S. on German air force and chartered planes, Schroeder
said. The U.S. government has agreed to receive the help in principle, he said.
``The pictures that we see on television are hard to bear,'' Schroeder told reporters today at the
Chancellery in Berlin. ``It is not only our historical duty because we've received unlimited help from
the American people after the war, but it also goes without saying'' that Germany will try to help as
much as it can.
France has 35 disaster relief workers in the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe ready
to leave for the U.S. the minute they are asked, Denis Simonneau, deputy spokesman for the French
Foreign Ministry, said at a press briefing today. A 60-strong disaster relief team in mainland France
could be sent ``very quickly,'' he said.
Simonneau said France has offered 600 tents, 1000 camp beds, 60 generators, and three portable
water treatment plants that are stockpiled in Martinique. In addition two planes, two naval ships
and a hospital ship are standing ready in the Caribbean, he said.
Bill just couldn’t admit that France was stepping up to the plate to help the victims of hurricane Katrina,
so rather than just avoid the story altogether, he spins and deceives until the facts support his own
agenda.
Would you characterize the U.S. involvement in World War I by the number of canteens our soldiers had
in Europe at the time?
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