Berlusconi backs western civilization

Townhall.com ^ | October 8, 2001 | Don Feder

[sneakypete]

backing up the dumbest remarks of one of Europe's most inefficient and unqualified leader.

In what way were his remarks "dumb"? I didn't see a single wrong word in his whole statement. If it was so "dumb",it should be easy for you to point out the stupidity to all of us.

BTW,ALL organized religions are evil,and Islam is the MOST evil. It is a evil religion ran by ignorant fools who are psychopaths,and whose followers make the ignorant rednecks who follow tv fundamentalist Christian "preachers" in this country look like good-natured rocket scientists who are stand-up comedians on weekends.

[DoctorMichael]

BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Balding_Eagle]

Thanks, good article.

goldstategop calls the hardline leftists .........Saddam Left!

[Sabertooth]

re: deverachter...

Frothy, isn't he?

[wardaddy]

a hearty zuppa de pesce bump to a particularly fine Italian PM

[Sabertooth]

Nice post.

Check out:

Four Articles on the Relation between "Moderate" Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism

[Sabertooth]

Civilized pings.

[Sabertooth]

Civilized pings.

[CommiesOut]

in the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" this Saturday

Could you provide a link? All I found is a link to "Corriere" article about bin-Laden's attempt on King of Jordan's life. No linkage to "Fallaci"

Answer from "Wyborcza" search engine: Szukales: Fallaci Nie znaleziono odpowiedzi spelniajacej zapytanie. (You were searching for "Fallaci". No such item on our site.)

[beowolf]

dennisw...thanks for the ping!

Sabertooth and valin: Both are excellent articles. Thank you for your research.

As more people begin to understand the nature of the beast that we are at WAR with...they may wake up....(or, so reasonable people can hope)

Regards,

[CommiesOut]

Well, found different stuff from 'Corriere della Sera' though:

Berlusconi tells ambassadors that he respects Islam (Berlusconi agli ambasciatori: rispetto l'Islam)
Corriere della Sera - Europe; Oct 3, 2001 .... http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011003004865

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi met with the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Indonesia and Palestinian representatives yesterday, in order to clarify the recent remarks he made on the "superiority" of western civilisation, which caused great offence among many Islamic nations. Mr Berlusconi maintains that there was "a plot, a conspiracy to discredit me in the eyes of my Arab friends".

The three hour face-to-face meeting was Mr Berlusconi's way of trying to close once and for all a chapter, which has caused widespread controversy in international circles. The ambassadors had asked explicitly that he either apologise or retract his statement. The Italian prime minister concluded by saying that he has a "deep respect for Islam".

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Italian PM says civilisation row a conspiracy of left-wing press
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Oct 2, 2001 ...... http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=011002007902

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told Muslim ambassadors in Rome on Tuesday that he is a victim of the left-wing press in the furore over his comments about civilisation, Italian TV reported.

Berlusconi met with the ambassadors to Italy of Senegal, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and the Palestinians in an attempt to heal the rift opened by his statements in Berlin on 26 September.

Berlusconi gave the ambassadors a transcript of his speech and repeated that he "was a victim of a plot of the left", the TV said.

He said that words he never uttered were ascribed to him, the TV reported, adding that "he used the same line of defence today in an interview" with the Saudi-owned newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat.

Source: Rai Tre TV, Rome, in Italian 1700 gmt 2 Oct 01

/BBC Monitoring/ © BBC.

[Lent]

Sorry to toot the Jewish horn but Don Feder is a religious Jew who has been writing for the Boston Herald for a long time. Naturally he's politically conservative too!

KEEP TOOTING IT!LOL! And BTTTT to the conservative Berlusconi.

[Merovingian]

Only the West is afflicted with self-doubt. Only we have succumbed to the doctrine of cultural equivalence.

Brilliant.

[vikingchick]

bump to the top

[Sabertooth]

Well, there's a fair amount of doublespeak going on to give the "arab moderates" (palestine?) some cover for not opposing us as actively as the radicals would like.

I realize, however, that begs the question:

If "the vast majority of Arabs and Moslems are peace loving and moderate," then why do they need the West to clean their house of this virulent "tiny fraction" of murderous, evil savages?

[Sabertooth]

"As more people begin to understand the nature of the beast that we are at WAR with...they may wake up.

As more people go to bed wondering what they'll wake up to (ala 9/11, Florida Anthrax), THEN maybe they'll wake up.

[CommiesOut]

I see a danger a bit differently. I don't perceive these particular terrorist as Arabs or Islam people. There is more people involved in this mess (including Irish, Japanese, N.Koreans and God only knows who else). Their purpose is clear, at least to me: destroy the free, melting-pot-like United States and create a Police State. It's happening as we speak. Forget Arabs, Sikhs and others. Extremists in this country call for: all foregners must go! (dumb statement, imo). There are documented cases of Jews being kicked out off the planes ('cause they looked M.E.). South Americans, Hindu, and some others "can" look M.E. for any local fanatic. If this is a future America sought by the domestic enemy #1 (fanatics) I better go buy more ammo.

[dennisw]

a hearty zuppa de pesce bump to a particularly fine Italian PM

Stoppa that! You're making me hungry. Making a good fish soup is difficult. The biggest sin is to overcook the fish.