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1 posted on 07/29/2005 7:12:56 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Attention Homeland Security investigators:
seemingly a lot of good terror cell leads in this author's bio:

Mansour El-Kikhia

Dr. Mansour El-Kikhia is an associate professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where his specialty is Middle Eastern politics and international relations.
A native of Libya, he received his undergraduate degree in political science from the American University of Beirut.
After coming to the United States, he received his master of arts and Ph.D. in international relations from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Before coming to UTSA in 1989, he taught at the University of California at Riverside and the University of Arizona.
The author of two books, he is working on a third.
27 posted on 07/29/2005 7:30:04 AM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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To: CHARLITE; Cornpone; Salem; American in Israel; IAF ThunderPilot; Nachum; Sabramerican; timsbella; ..

Get a load of this - ping!

Warning, the article's author is doing a real shuck and jive job, keep Pepto handy!


30 posted on 07/29/2005 7:37:37 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)
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To: Pyro7480; Alexander Rubin

Get a load of this! Ping!


31 posted on 07/29/2005 7:38:10 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (tired of all the shucking and jiving)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I guess I just imagined Arab women cheering when the twin towers were destroyed. Please forgive me.


32 posted on 07/29/2005 7:39:45 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Scratch a Liberal. Uncover a Fascist)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
More important, it was the British and the United States that drew first blood.

The muslims have been spilling blood for centuries, it's part of their religion.

Their stated aim is world domination, our stated aim is freedom from domination.

It is not possible for American muslims to declare neutrality on this one.

33 posted on 07/29/2005 7:40:27 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The MSM is a cancer on our society)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
It is rejection of U.S. and British policies in the Middle East, not Islam, that has promoted terrorism against America.

This guy either doesn't understand or identifies with the fanatic mindset behind terrorism.

What causes fanaticism and why is it dangerous?

The fanatic has an elitist view of himself. He holds a firm belief that he is "special" and has something that others, not like him, do not and that this unique "something" imparts an unquestionable and unassailable power to himself. Because of this basic self-view any disagreement with the elitist or any resistance to his actions causes anger. This "supreme" view of himself is an excuse for justifying his anger and thus justifying any act from deception to murder against those who disagree or refuse to comply with him. He is comfortable with hatred, revenge, lying or any gross deception in defense of his "superior" position and will act out against those who do resist or refuse to validate his view.

It is impossible to reason or negotiate with someone who holds the POV that they are morally and/or ethically superior by virtue of the belief that they are inherently so. Everything you do to accomodate his "concerns" (demands), short of complete capitulation, will be discounted due to your "inherent" inferiority. Any resistance to him, anything other than complete submission, becomes self-evident proof of his superiority. The elitist's POV presupposes the rationale of rightness and righteousness as inherent to himself by virtue of his personal belief not as a measure of the quality of his actions or the resulting consequences. His belief that he is superior may hang on an ideology or philosophy but regardless of whether the doctrine supports his view or not he is simply never wrong about himself. Of course the opposite is true for non-elites in the fanatic's mindset. You can never be right if you're not one of the "righteous" simply because you are not. More precisely; you are not "him."

It should be obvious why a fanatic is dangerous. Any and all negative and evil acts can be justified on the basis of any disassociation with his self-view and the "inherent authority" he carries with that. The intent and motivations of an outsider are irrelevant no matter how positive. The results of an outsider's actions are irrelevant no matter how accomodating or constructive. The non-elites are always wrong because they don't hold or submit to the fanatic's view.

The world is full of fanatics of every kind and they can base their elitist self-view on any pretext. Some belong to large groups of "like-minded" fanatics and some are individuals who cling to the delusion that they alone are "special."

In today's world the United States in particular, and western civilization in general, is under a concerted assault from two separate groups of fanatic elitists. Fundamentalist Muslims and leftists. The Islamo-nazis and the Marxists. Both leftists and Islamo-fascists hold a firm belief that they have something that rednecks and infidels don't have that carries a special authority with it. For leftists it is "intellect" and "social sophistication" and for Islamo-nazis it's a "call from Allah," a "holy annointing."

Both groups are manifestations of a mass psychological disorder resulting in fanatic elitism. Both are extremely unstable and are unfounded upon and unaffected by reasoned logic. Convinced of their own "inherent" superiority they will both press their respective agendas as far as they can without regard for the consequences to themselves or to others. In both cases the blame for all of their actions will "logically" fall on the shoulders of others, the "outsiders." Negative consequences of their actions simply become another tool for self-vindication.

The fanatic elitist mindset is the same as the mindset of the rabid dog. Nothing else exists for them except for their personal perception of themselves. Nothing else can; their POV is, by design, unaffectable by outside influence. Change can only occur from within and this means a change in the "prime directive." Change requires the abdication of their most basic point of reference, their self-view, the view that they are unique in a superior, inherent and authoritarian way. This is a view that reasonable people must either completely reject or ultimately submit to. Those are the only choices the fanatic will leave to "the others."

TigersEye - 7/27/05


34 posted on 07/29/2005 7:41:16 AM PDT by TigersEye (Regime change in the courts. Impeach activist judges!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Mansour is as crazy as a shithouse rat. He is seething contempt for America and the west. He legitimizes the deeds of the terrorists by blaming them on the "British and US policies in the middle east" and cites the war in Iraq as further provocation. To him and a large percentage of Muslims resistance and action against the west has become an honor revenge because the wests existence is clear and ever present evidence of the inferiority of the Muslim faith and the Arab culture.
35 posted on 07/29/2005 7:41:47 AM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"America's experience in the Middle East is no different from its Southeast Asia stint, and look at the mess it left in that region. "

El-Kikhia ... is that arabic for FONDA?


36 posted on 07/29/2005 7:43:18 AM PDT by timsbella (Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
No, They want us to appologize, or be punished:

JWR Columnist off the air after ABC/Disney is intimidated by CAIR

37 posted on 07/29/2005 7:44:06 AM PDT by null and void (Be vewwy vewwy qwiet, we're hunting wahabbits...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What strikes me is his appeal that it's not pleasant to be a Muslim in America today. If it's so bad, he would leave. They came here for a reason: things are better here. That's why people are willing to risk death to smuggle themselves across the border. Hell, how many people even DRIVE into Iran or Saudi Arabia, seeking asylum or a better life?

You want to take about a hard life? Try being a Christian (let alone a Jew) in Saudi Arabia. Or Syria. Or Jordan. Or the "West Bank". Or Iran. Or Yemen. Or Qatar. Or UAE. Need I go on?


38 posted on 07/29/2005 7:45:08 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I also disagree with this groveling and begging for forgiveness

So do I! I'm sick of the pandering to Islam and the "religion of peeeeece" mantra and the excessive hand-wringing about "racial profiling" and the whining and moaning over "backlash" that never happened.

Oh--that's not what he was talking about.

Never mind.

39 posted on 07/29/2005 7:47:47 AM PDT by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I don't remember any Vietnamese coming to the U.S. to commit terrorist acts.


40 posted on 07/29/2005 7:48:04 AM PDT by liberallarry
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I disagree with what CAIR did, and I also disagree with this groveling and begging for forgiveness, as though American Arabs and Muslims are responsible for those atrocities. CAIR knows better, and those running it know that Islam rejects all acts of violence outside self-defense.

Go peddle your al-Taqqiya to someone who'll buy it.....

Doesn't surprise me that this was printed in the Express-News....that rag is south Texas' version of the LA Slimes. It couldn't be any further left if it were Pravda!

If Mansour and the rest of his happy little band of thugs thinks we Americans are so anti-islime, he has a few choices:
1) Leave, and go back to whatever islime-ick Hellhole you came from in the first place. Ain't nothin' keepin' you here.
2)Convert from Mohammed's cult of death to a real religion. Try living in peace with people rather than blowing them up.
or....
3)Leave, and don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.

Not tough at all. Quit blowing people up, and we quit killing muslimes before they can blow anyone else up....sounds like an equitable trade to me.

41 posted on 07/29/2005 7:49:05 AM PDT by Bombardier ("Religion of Peace" my butt.....sell that snakeoil to someone who'll believe it!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

We don't need any apologies.
We just want them to pack up their Korans and get out of America.

Our ancestors didn't come to this country and lay down their lives to make a better place for their families just so a bunch of camel jockeys could come here and terrorize our women and children and make hamburger out of our families.

Apologize?
No need. Just get the hell out!

Semper Fi,
Kelly


42 posted on 07/29/2005 7:57:02 AM PDT by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
You don't have to apologyze, you have to speak out loudly to condemn these murders done in the name of your religion.

If you don't condemn then it's clear you condone.

43 posted on 07/29/2005 7:57:48 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Mansour, do you think we are stupid? That we can't read the koran? That we can't read history and in particular life of Mohammad? Your precious "Prophet" was a mass murdering pirate, gigilo, pedophile, and all around psychopath. The deity he invented is closer to Satan than God. The religion, which is really a mental disease, is set on world domination by violence. Your taqqiya doesn't work here anymore. Our blinds are off. It's not a "religion of Peace", it's a cult of death. Islam is pure evil.


44 posted on 07/29/2005 8:00:53 AM PDT by hang 'em (Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I am fed up with the ceaseless requests by columnists, religious personalities and other American public figures for Arabs and Muslims to apologize for terrorist acts committed by thugs and murderers in the name of Islam.

No one (of any import) is asking American Arabs and Muslims to apologize for terrorism. Most Americans are very anxious to hear you repudiate it though.

The United States has lost 3,000 souls to terrorist thugs, but that figure is miniscule compared to the 60,000 Algerians or the 25,000 Iraqis who also have died at their hands. These thugs don't differentiate between Muslim and non-Muslim, Arab and non-Arab when they plant a bomb or enter a village at night and murder everyone.

That kind of, almost, sounds like a repudiation of terrorism. It's as close as you got anyway.

It is rejection of U.S. and British policies in the Middle East, not Islam, that has promoted terrorism against America. And for the benefits of those who do not know, 95 percent of Middle Easterners are Muslims.

Whatever lip-service you paid to sentiments of repudiation disappear like the morning dew in Arizona when you make excuses for fanatics who kill men, women and children at random.

46 posted on 07/29/2005 8:02:41 AM PDT by TigersEye (Regime change in the courts. Impeach activist judges!)
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"It is rejection of U.S. and British policies in the Middle East, not Islam, that has promoted terrorism against America."

Muslims are butchering Hindus in Kashmir, Buddhists in Thailand, Orthodox in Russia and Kosovo and Cypress and Macedonia, Jews in Israel, Christians in Indonesia, Philippines, US, Spain, England, and Sudan to name just a few.

Are Muslims killing all these people because they reject US and British policies? No. They are killing all these people because Muslims are murderers. Muslim Terrorists are everywhere. They kill anyone and everyone, even other Muslims.

No one will be safe until the Islamic religion is destroyed. This guy knows this. He assumes infidels are stupid so he can lie outrageously and we will still believe him. He is a Muslim terrorist. He wants us dead. In the end we will have to kill him and others like him if we are to be safe.
48 posted on 07/29/2005 8:06:49 AM PDT by monday
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The professor has the "moderate America Muslim" technique down pat. Frontload an anti-American tirade with a lot of disclaimers about the nasty bombers, then backload it with bellicose statements in full support of their cause.

The professor is a dangerous enemy of the United States and should be deported back to Libya immediately.

49 posted on 07/29/2005 8:07:35 AM PDT by beckett
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ah yeeeeesh, the ol "the infidels made us do it" excuse.

These monstrous seventh century sub-human murdering animals can never, ever, admit the plain truth.


50 posted on 07/29/2005 8:09:48 AM PDT by porkchops 4 mahound (islam IS HATE and MURDER islam IS the problem)
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