[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

I am writing from the living room of my apartment on Peaks Island, near the coast of Maine in the northeastern corner of the United States

This would be a fine time to move back to Egypt.

[wizardoz]

But things will not stop at Syria or Iran. Next can come changes in the geopolitical structure of Saudi Arabia, seizing of the oil fields and dismantling the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Then, or perhaps at the same time, will come Egypt's turn, for Egypt with its population, its potentialities, although weakened considerably, is still seen as a threat to Israel.

I hope so. But it's amazing how this guy can see any of this as detrimental to Arabs. In our "Pax Israelica" as he calls it, the average citizen has rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, has a better quality of life, and something to live for, whereas in his world right now, the average Arab is utterly subjugated by his government, can be imprisoned, tortured, and murdered at the whim of any official, and the highest glory they can hope for is to suicide bomb a cafe. The only people threatened by our so-called neo-imperialism are the mullahs and despots who have, till now, enjoyed uncontrolled power over enslaved populations.

[backhoe]

Hey, this is Kool! As an "honorary Jew" ( no fewer than four Rabbis have so dubbed me... ) I want my share of the money and power...

[judicial meanz]

Just another idiot posing as an intellectual to use his miniscule IQ and skewer anything that is not Islamic.

Ignorance and hate are not intellectual qualities. Neither are blind hatred of freedom, which is the natural condition of mankind.

This guy is a pure moron dressed as an intellectual, so he can pontificate his views and watch them proliferate.

[shrinkermd]

After reading this, I now know why the followers of Islam are so prone to suicide--they are at a dead end in their beliefs and have left no way out.

[Helms]

Must be talking about the Leo Strauss, Bloom, Wolfowitz, Kristol, and Podhortez (add our deal friend Horowitz) cabal which many Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic - Americans embrace. It really is the Enlightenment Philosophy of liberal democracies that he and the Euros despise.

[Joe 6-pack]

As part of the Catholic Right, I only have one comment:

The angel flies at midnight...repeat, The angel flies at midnight...over.

[Snuffington]

The Arab elite is as blinded by hatred of the "Joooos" as any back-water, hillbilly, moonshiner is by "revenoooers." And their analysis of geo-politics is only slightly more sophisticated.

The fact that U. S. officials have had meetings with Israeli officials (notice how he utterly ignores all the meetings with Palestinian and Arab leaders which occurred with the same officials and around the same time?), is presented as prima facia evidence of a Zionist conspiracy. And what's more, the vast majority of the Arab world will drink this stuff up uncritically. That's to be expected.

But this sort of rabid anti-Jewish propaganda will also be given serious consideration - at the very least, equal footing with other analysis - by leftist Western audiences. From the Guardian to the New York Times; from the Sorbonne, to Harvard - Arab writers are finding audiences (including even some terribly confused Jews!) actually eager to buy into anti-Jewish propaganda only slightly more sophisticated than the Nazi era.

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

I am writing from the living room of my apartment on Peaks Island, near the coast of Maine in the northeastern corner of the United States.>>

Easily solved.

[headsonpikes]

Bantustans for Arabs may just be an idea whose time has come.

[Khurkris]

How do you say - Tinfoil Hat Alert in Arabic?

[Lijahsbubbe]

I am proud to be a part of the conspiracy to stop the breeding of terrorists in the Middle East.

I see nothing wrong with President Bush closing the revolving door for terrorists in Iraq. Iraq is a stragegic necessity. We eliminated a murdering regime too!

He told us Syria and Iran were on the list. Mr Hetata is right. There is a plan. President Bush told the world about it. It will not be a short operation.

I am glad that we have a President that sees that clamping down on the on the Middle East is necessary to world peace.

Mr Hetata fails to mention why the US and Israel have to act. We have been and are being attacked by terrorists from the Middle East who want destruction and total domination of the world. The evil leaders in the Middle East allow them to fester and grow in their countries.

Mr Hetata, you are on the side of evil. Victory for Israel and the USA!

[sitetest]

Dear SJackson, "The most active supporters of his campaign will be Zionist forces, the Christian fundamentalist movement and the Catholic right." Cool! I get to be part of a conspiracy!! At long last!! sitetest

[dennisw]

This boy is a got-dang genius!! So perceptive. Give this son of Allah a Tootsie Roll!

[smith288]

I thought Bush is dumber than a box of rocks??? how could he have such power for being so dumb???

Im so confused...

[cwb]

"...This is tantamount to declaring that our societies will not be allowed to develop further, nor allowed to voice any opposition to the United States. They must remain "backward" and "obedient"."

WOW! I guess Islam, the Koran and Sharia has nothing to do with their "backwardness." It's all our fault because we won't let them threaten us with WMD's.

[RogueIsland]

How does this fit into the Gemstone Files?

[MissAmericanPie]

Just another muslim, who has no business in this country enjoying a view of the calm Atlantic, whining over the swamp being drained in the Middle East.

The Road Map, was not some ploy, each step of the way these barbarians have been offered the opportunity to accept Israel and live in a civil peaceful manner. Each opportunity they have cast aside. That's on them, not Israel or the Administration.

The object is not to keep Muslim countries backward and poor, just the opposite is true in fact. This guy is whining about the chance for freedom, self determination, and growth offered the average citizen in the Middle East.
Bush is the best thing to ever happen to the smucks. And the worst thing that ever happened to dictators over there.

Christians do think that ALL of Israel belongs to the Jews. We do not wander off after drunken pedophiles, a robber of caravans, who calls God a liar and through his writings, that fly in the face of the documents that he claims his writings are based on, attempts to steal the birth right of the sons of Isaac and falsely give them to a half breed named Ismael who God did not leave without honor. He just doesn't get first place and rightly so.

We are the best friends of Israel and proud to be counted as such. Unlike the Muslim we honor God's will and bless God's people. Every individual is granted the grace and opportunity to be grafted into that tree.

What documents Muslims acknowledge they twist and pervert in their war against God. So get use to it buddy, you all started this fight and we are gonna finish it.

[MarkL]

You know, the funny thing is that the people who are most critical of this government are writing against if from this country... If he had written something this critical of an arab government, he would have "disapeared" by now...

Mark

[hosepipe]

joo.joo...zionist...infidel...joo.joo..mosaad.. Jesus...joo.joo.. zionist.. blah blah blah....

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. -Winston Churchill