The Govenor has gone overboard, as it were.
Not necessarily. If it were my daughter, and her apparent missing and probably murder were so mishandled, I would want George W. Bush personally calling for a boycott by the entire world.
Meantime I would be looking for hit men to visit Aruba. Hell hath no fury like a Dad when his daughter is harmed.
LOL! Maybe so, but Aruba has bungled the investigation and my sympathies are with Natalee's folks.
I can understand why some would see it that way. Some may look upon this case as a private matter which should not receive the help of any American politician. Yet these people want to be elected to serve their constituency. We sure gripe enough when they appear not to be representing what we want.
I see Gov. Riley as acting like a man--- one who is in a position to put needed pressure on the Dutch to do what they have not yet been willing to do. Their brand of investigation, at least in this case, has shown itself to be a farce.
This stalling has gone on for many months. Wouldn't you agree that the Aruban police/detectives should have gathered all possible evidence immediately? If that is their usual modus operandi, why did they not follow through when an American teenager was nowhere to be found? They learned that three boys from Aruba were last with her. One of them had a father in influential circles.
With that knowledge and what else we've picked up over these months, how can we not suspect a "good old boy" coverup?
Maybe the Alabama governor is convinced that this is what is going on in Aruba. And maybe he can't bring himself to tolerate it.