Obama has done absolutely nothing to help him. I’ve followed the case and you can see Weinstein is deteriorating.
You don’t have to negotiate with terrorists in order to do something (Of course, since Obama held secret talks with Iran and funnels weapons to terrorist in Syria, we know he has no problem with actually talking with terrorists).
But it’s also wrong to appear weak and impotent, without lifting a finger to do a darn thing. It’s also wrong to completely ignore and fail to mention him, when talking about Americans being held overseas.
Via AP:
A 72-year-old American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaida more than two years ago appealed to President Obama in a video released Thursday to negotiate his release, saying he feels “totally abandoned and forgotten.”
The video of Warren Weinstein was the first since two videos released in September 2012. Weinstein, the country director in Pakistan for J.E. Austin Associates, a U.S.-based firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors, was abducted from his house in the eastern city of Lahore in August 2011.
In the video sent Thursday to reporters in Pakistan including The Associated Press, Weinstein called on the U.S. government to negotiate his release.
“Nine years ago I came to Pakistan to help my government, and I did so at a time when most Americans would not come here, and now when I need my government it seems that I have been totally abandoned and forgotten,” Weinstein said during the 13-minute video. “And so I again appeal to you to instruct your appropriate officials to negotiate my release.”
HT: Wounded Dove