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2004-01-23 Middle East

Arab Media seethe that Bush doesnât heil.

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Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-01-23 10:59:18 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The anti-American sentiment of Arabs, some of it channelled into terrorism, is only partially driven by the American support for their repressive regimes. It springs mainly from the American support for Israeli policies towards the Palestinians.

Israel is not the sole cause of Arab problems. Far from it, as the recent Arab Development Report showed. But just because Bush chooses to be silent about Ariel Sharon does not mean that Arabs, or the rest of the world, would oblige.

Bush showed similar selectivity when referring to Palestinians and Egyptians.

"The Palestinian leaders who block and undermine democratic reform, and feed hatred and encourage violence are not leaders at all. They are the main obstacles to peace."

True, as far as it goes. Ending Yasser Arafat's corruption and tolerance of terrorism will not, by itself, solve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

Posted by LongLiveIsrael 2004-1-23 11:04:54 AM|| 2004-1-23 11:04:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 channelled into terrorism, is only partially driven by the American support for their repressive regimes. It springs mainly from the American support for Israeli policies towards the Palestinians.

Thanks for clarifying that. All this time I thought Wahhabi clerics spreading their type of Islam may have had something to do with it, but I guess I was wrong. I guess all those things I read about them attacking Shiite's with extreme hatred before Israel even existed were just part of another Jewish plot.

Posted by Proud To Be An Infidel (JC) 2004-1-23 11:13:06 AM|| 2004-1-23 11:13:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Quite frankly, LLI, I stopped caring about why the Palestinians hate us the minute I saw them celebrating as the World Trade Center came down. I'll never forget the split screen image broadcast on CNN....one half showed the towers, the other showed some bloated evil breeder of suicide bombers and her demented brood passing out candy and partying. Yasser Arafat responded to the broadcast by threatening to kill the camera crew if they did not stop showing the images immediately. He didn't tell the syphilitic old cow to knock it off, he didn't say ANYTHING even remotely like "this is horrible", and when the Palestinians finally gave their "condolences", they were among the first to tell us why we were to blame.
Don't give me this crap about how we have been so horrible to them, worse than to any other group on the planet. The Iranians have more valid reasons to hate us than the Palestinians do, and they expressed their disgust with what happened that day....it was beyond the pale for them, but not for Yasser & Co.
And no, I'm never going to get over it. So don't even go there.
Getting rid of Yasser won't solve the problem. That doesn't mean it wouldn't be a good thing, or even a major step on the way to resolving this. It doesn't matter who the Israelis pick as a premier.....the mere fact he/she is a Jew is enough reason for too many Arabs to refuse to talk and continue to seethe.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-1-23 11:46:00 AM|| 2004-1-23 11:46:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Muslims sure get upset when you don't let 'em kill Jews eh?
I suppose it has something to do with the Islamic belief that judgement day won't come until muslims kill all Jews and the Jews hide behind trees and the trees tell the muslims, "O muslim, a jew is hiding behind me, come kill him."
Think that might have something to do with it?
What a lunatic that Muhammed was.What idiots muslims are to follow such a disgusting excuse for a human being as Muhammed.

Posted by TS 2004-1-23 11:50:44 AM|| 2004-1-23 11:50:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The "palestinians" are dead to me, and it appears that Bush has similar feelings toward Arafat. Anyone who watches Bush will spot the pattern: He'll ask you really nice (Roadmap, UN resolutions), but if you don't deal with him in good faith your ass is toast.

Posted by BH 2004-1-23 11:58:29 AM|| 2004-1-23 11:58:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 To coin a phrase: Oderint dum Metuant

Posted by mojo 2004-1-23 12:24:28 PM|| 2004-1-23 12:24:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The world is changing and the palexplodians are in denial. They continue to honestly believe that the arab world is four-square behind them and always have been. What fools. What they fail to realize is that they have always been mere pawns in a proxy war among western europe, the arab world and the US. Now that the dominoes are falling, starting with Pakistan and Iraq, followed closely by Libya and Saudi Arabia allying themselves with the US, the dynamics are changing. New coalitions are forming. Perv recently talked to Israel. Libya is considering forming relations with Israel. Arafat et al no longer are needed. In fact, former terror sponsors can get in US good graces by NOT supporting paleo terror.

So the fact that Bush didn't refer to the Israel/paleo conflict is GOOD news. Eventually, the only ones who will be left supporting the paleos, eventually, will be the ones who tend to volunteer as bulldozer food. I hope!

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-1-23 12:33:14 PM|| 2004-1-23 12:33:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I though they called it State of the Union for a reason.

Let Kofi give the State of the World speech. (Insert Howard Dean jokes here: and then we'll go to Palestine, and Sudan, and to Kashmir, and then we'll go to North Korea..... AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!)

Posted by john 2004-1-23 1:55:55 PM|| 2004-1-23 1:55:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Ending Yasser Arafat's corruption and tolerance of terrorism will not, by itself, solve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

Nobody said it would. However, doing such a thing would be the logical first step in any solution.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-23 2:11:08 PM|| 2004-1-23 2:11:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 BH, its called 'Ask nicely and carry a big can of Whoop-Ass' policy.

And the Palistinian 'crisis' is being solved. Its called the security wall. Once thats up I think Israel will pull out and let them stew in their own juices.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-1-23 3:29:35 PM|| 2004-1-23 3:29:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The world is changing and the palexplodians are in denial.

Exactly! Although this is hardly a new phenomena and the Arabs have had this problem for at least 500 years.

Posted by Phil B 2004-1-23 6:05:41 PM|| 2004-1-23 6:05:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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