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Europe
Greeks: USA a greater threat than Israel
2003-11-07
Followup on the poll from earlier posts this week ;-)
Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres on Friday dismissed the seriousness of a poll indicating that 59 percent of the European Union’s citizens think Israel is a threat to world peace.
"*snif!* Those people are crazy!"
Peres was meeting with Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou, who acknowledged that there may be "an element that one could say would be anti-Semitic" in the poll’s results, but they could instead be a criticism of Israeli policies.
"Oh, yasss. A tad anti-Semitic, but that's understandable. Look at all the Jews have done to oppress the Greeks..."
Greeks were among the few Europeans that did not consider Israel to be the main threat to world peace, giving the position to the USA instead
thanks for your support - boycott the Olympics! heh heh
Posted by:Frank G

#10  
Boycott the Olympics

That's the Jimmy Carter approach. I say we go there and dominate the medal dias as usual. They can boo all they want but the star spangled banner is going to be sounding again and again.
Posted by: Tokyo Taro   2003-11-7 8:47:56 PM  

#9  Shipman, I agree 100%. I've also found Greek-Australians to be the some of the coolest people I've met as well. Our frequent Greek poster here on rantburg however has made it clear again and again that Greeks in Greece have a different outlook on America.

The thing is, they are right in a way. If you consider peace to be the status quo where millions live under brutal authoritarian regimes that support terrorism. Yes, the US is the most likely t upset that peace. Some had learned to live with the low level of violence (at least in their countries) and turn a deaf ear to the brutalized masses and are afraid of change.

I hope a decade from now they hold their manhood cheap that they were not with King Bushy on St. Crispins day.
Posted by: Yank   2003-11-7 3:58:36 PM  

#8  It's weird Greek-Americans are absolutely the coolest people on earth. Did we just get the cream?
Posted by: Shipman   2003-11-7 3:44:26 PM  

#7  RC - agreed. They know the benefits of coming to this country, being business entrepreneurs, still retaining their heritage but also embracing that which makes this country great. The ones I've been lucky enough to call friends are brilliant folks. -Their food ain't bad either ;)

Posted by: Jarhead   2003-11-7 1:52:02 PM  

#6  No Sweat.

When all is said and done they will be standing in line to kiss our butt.

Then we can discuss some of these issues.

Kind of makes you wonder where is Xerxes when you need him.

Come to think of it in a way we are in the process of sort of recreating that old entity.

Maybe that's what is really on their mind.

Memory is long in that part of the world.
Posted by: Michael   2003-11-7 1:30:29 PM  

#5  Jarhead -- no big surprise there. They hear from the folks back in the old country what a shithole the alternative is.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2003-11-7 1:09:59 PM  

#4  "Greeks were among the few Europeans that did not consider Israel to be the main threat to world peace, giving the position to the USA instead"

-"My Big Fat Greek Who Gives a Rat's Ass" - Always strive to be number one in whatever you do I always say! LOL. Its funny how Greek-Americans are some of the most patriotic people you will ever meet.....
Posted by: Jarhead   2003-11-7 12:02:35 PM  

#3  Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres on Friday dismissed the seriousness of a poll indicating that 59 percent of the European Union’s citizens think Israel is a threat to world peace.

Peres is always sucking up to the Euros despite the fact that the US is Israel's only dependable friend in the world. It would be typical of this appeaser to believe that Europeans don't actually hate Israel.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2003-11-7 11:57:15 AM  

#2  Thanks. We're touched. Did they call us "cowboys", too?
Posted by: tu3031   2003-11-7 11:53:54 AM  

#1  And in other news today....
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-11-7 11:53:25 AM  

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