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America and the Arab world
billoreilly.com ^ | Dec. 16, 2008 | Bill O'reilly

Posted on 12/17/2008 9:27:31 PM PST by Masti

Talking Points Memo & Impact Segment

America and the Arab world

"Press reports say the guy who threw his shoes at President Bush is a big hero in the Arab world, which points out how difficult it is to deal with some Muslims. There's no question that the USA has sacrificed greatly to bring a measure of freedom to Iraq. If this guy had thrown his shoes at Saddam, he would have been executed. But now he has freedom of expression, thanks to us. The question is, why we are spending billions to free these people if many of them don't even want freedom?

We just don't know if our investment in blood and treasure will ever pay off. For now, the Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration must protect us from Muslim fanatics. There are two schools of thought: Obama apparently believes in a 'softer' approach, saying he will ban all coercive interrogation and close Guantanamo Bay; Dick Cheney thinks that's a mistake and says America was right in getting tough on people like Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. So all Americans need to think about the danger from the Muslim world and how we should deal with it. Despite the economy, that remains the toughest problem Barack Obama will face in his presidency."


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: arabs; arabworld; freedom; iraq; mohammedanism; mohammedanism122008; muslims; obama; sheikhmohammad; shoe

1 posted on 12/17/2008 9:27:32 PM PST by Masti
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To: Masti
The question is, why we are spending billions to free these people if many of them don't even want freedom?

The real question may be: Why are we spending billions to pump, transport, and refine Arab oil if many of us, blind to economic and technological reality, claim to not even want any oil?
2 posted on 12/17/2008 9:34:48 PM PST by flowerplough ("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
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To: flowerplough

Alternative (like nuclear) energy?


3 posted on 12/17/2008 9:38:22 PM PST by Masti
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To: Masti
Gays not happy with Obama Photobucket
4 posted on 12/17/2008 9:48:33 PM PST by odin2008 (EVIL TRUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING)
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To: Masti

Howdi masti, how u feel?


5 posted on 12/17/2008 9:50:09 PM PST by allmost
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To: odin2008
Can you “alter” the image so that Obama GETS the hit? LOL
6 posted on 12/17/2008 10:04:57 PM PST by Masti
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To: Masti
The question is, why we are spending billions to free these people if many of them don't even want freedom?

The question is, why did we spend so much treasure and blood to free slaves if many of their descendants don't even want freedom?

The question is, why we are spending billions to keep Americans free if many of them don't even want freedom?

7 posted on 12/17/2008 10:06:17 PM PST by piasa
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To: Masti

“The question is, why we are spending billions to free these people if many of them don’t even want freedom?”

After 9/11 we became engaged in the WOT. The powers that be chose iraq as the location to begin taking the WOT abroad. Giving these a-holes freedom was incidental to removing hussein and killing the AQ cockroaches who went there to fight.

A-rabs can not live in peace- not with each other nor with anyone else. They are by and large a hopeless subpart of the species.

They have been indoctrinated to hate Israel and the US and for many of them, that will never change, no matter what liberties they attained through our efforts.

Just finish kicking some radical islamist ass and then get the hell out of there. Afganistan is next.


8 posted on 12/17/2008 10:24:51 PM PST by Canedawg ("The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it")
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In case the original URL ain't working (any more, because of constant changing/updates), here's another:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468609,00.html
9 posted on 12/17/2008 11:39:19 PM PST by Masti
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To: Canedawg
We have never seen any sign if gratitude from them (to put it mildly), only the exact opposite of it.
10 posted on 12/22/2008 1:03:34 AM PST by Masti
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