Posted on 01/10/2006 9:48:24 AM PST by RightCanuck
The vitriolic hatred of the United States in some parts of the Arab world has left many Americans bewildered. ‘If they hate us so bitterly,’ the thinking goes, ‘we must have wronged them. Otherwise they would not be so intent on harming us. We must have given them good reasons for that.’
We would do well to remember, however, that this is not the first time America is the object of such hatred. Not even fifteen years ago, we were maligned in much the same way by the Soviets and their allies who treated us daily to hefty doses of seemingly boundless malevolence.
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Great idea!!!!
Second question should be " How many would like to see the poor picked on muslims tossed out of the country?"
Actually, I think islamic hardliners are going to try to destroy any semblance order in Iraq just to show the west who is boss in the ME. That aside, I still think attacking Iraq was correct just because of Saddam's sponsorship of terrorism.
The question I keep asking myself is "what is our nation's long-term strategy (if any) in this war against fundamental islam?"
The girls are taught to take a tiny snake and chop it's head off - killing the snake. All the time the girls are doing this act of violence - the girls are taught to say - "this is the snake the Jew and this is what I can do to the snake the Jew".
Source on this, please? This may well be true, but it has a bit of the "Jews drink the blood of Christian babies on Passover" ring to it.
Easy.... its the reality of the ancient Chinese curse..
Chinese proverb: "I don't know why he so hates me -- I never tried to help him."
Caution: will be a mysterious saying to almost ALL Canadians and other socialists..
If it is asked in an angsty-liberal-whiney "Why do they hate us" way, then it is a stupid question.
On the other hand it is a rational question to ask how they develop that much hatred and how can we short circuit that source. Is the hatred coming from Saudi-funded Wahabi mullahs? Then lean on the Saudis to really cut off funding and also work on becoming less dependent on Arab oil. Is the hatred caused by Syria whipping up an anti-American frenzy? Then support Assad's opposition and work to make sure he flees into exile or is hung in the public square in Damascus. Is the hatred caused by an uncontradicted series of lies from the Arab media? Then set up Radio (and Sattellite) Free Middle East to tell the truth.
Asking the question as a way to blame us is stupid. Asking it to find out the proper target for psychological warfare is smart.
My source is Billye Brim Ministries. Billye regularly travels to Israel and speaks Hebrew. She got this information from Palestinian Christians. It must be Fatah or Hamas who run these camps.
And .. there is no way my statements conform to your premise, "but it has a bit of the 'Jews drink the blood of Christian babies on Passover' ring to it".
and we don't wear big, black hoods
These teachings come straight from Islamic holy books and teachings..
It is taught that every animal, bird, serpent, plant, rock, should aspire to betraying the jew so that the True Muslim can find and kill them..
The "suras" from the Koran have been quoted countless times on various threads, and should be common knowledge by now to anyone that frequents these posts.
Asking for a "source" on this is a bit weak on that point alone..
The lessons being taught to the children are simple extensions of the Suras..
On the other hand, it's a question that must be answered again and again, until people understand..
They hate us because we are "Dhimmi"..
We are "inferior" to them in their religious belief..
Yet, we do not submit, we do not bow down in humiliation..
We even out-do them in our accomplishments, and show pride, and independence, and self-confidence, even though we are not Muslims..
That is the ultimate insult to them..
The world has not bowed down to worship them as true believers and children of Allah..
Screw 'em..
Yes, of course, they are will try this. The same is true in southern Phillipoines, and Pakistan. and southern Afghanistan. That does not mean that a central government cannot exist. We should simply be content with what we can get, but what we can get remains up in the air. Liberals havce a crazy notion about the world as it is. They live on islands of tranquility and think they are immune from the disorder that afflicts most of the world. As the Brady character said in "Inherit the wind." I do not think about things I do not think about."
" Not even fifteen years ago, we were maligned in much the same way by the Soviets and their allies who treated us daily to hefty doses of seemingly boundless malevolence."
Ridiculous. No Soviet was strapping explosives to themselves and dying for Communism whilst killing innocent civilians. Hell, most 'regular' Soviets wanted out of the USSR.
MAD only worked because the USSR wasn't suicidally stupid.
Bewildered?
I've never been bewildered. I've never cared; except to this extent:
If millions of mindless killers are shouting every day that they want to kill me, my family and my neighbors, I don't care why.
I'll just make sure I get them first.
With the Soviets it was never personal. The Russian man in the street never hated us and we never hated them.
Well .. the "lessons being taught to the children" are how to hate - and how to hate someone for no logical reason - except maybe envy or jealousy.
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