[ambrose]

Ping.

[knighthawk]

In other words, life in the Middle East may have fired their Islamic fundamentalism, but benefit cheques from the soft West Euro-Canadian welfare states enabled them to pursue their obsession at the taxpayer’s expense. If you’re looking for ‘root causes’ for terrorism, European-sized welfare programmes are a good place to start.

Did I told you people here in Holland mosques are build with money from the government, unlike the buildings of other religions?

[backhoe]

a certain type of Englishman looks at an Arab and sees a desert version of his most cherished self-delusions

No just the Brits, more's the pity...

Appreciate the ping!

[Prodigal Daughter]

Are you the one who flagged me? Thank you.

[Victoria Delsoul]

So each half of the West looks in the Middle East for what it values most in itself: for the Americans, liberty; for Europe, paternalism, benign or otherwise. The result is a mirror image: just as Israel is the odd man out in the Middle East, so increasingly America is in the West, wedded as it is to such bizarre concepts as capital punishment, gun rights, free speech, etc.

Good article, thanks.

[beowolf]

Such a depressing depiction of the truth....sigh.

Thanks for the ping nonetheless. It is always instructive to have to read such an astute synopsis of prevailing cultural viewpoints.