[rugerman]

ME too, 2Jmom. I love Ireland passionately, it's people, history and music, but I am very disturbed by all I am hearing from there. I have a plane ticket for April 23 and was planning a 2 week trip there, same as last year, but I'm being warned by friends there that the anti American sentiment is strong. Last year when I was there I was stunned by the Euronews propaganda broadcasts regarding Israel. They'd give a 20 minute handwringing segment to poor Yassir Arafat's house detention, where he had plenty to eat and drink and was in no danger, then for two minutes give coverage that amounted to "oh, and there was another suicide bombing today, killing 20 Israelis, including four children, ho hum." I was apalled that anyone would fall for the blatant propanda, but then two of my friends joined a march through downtown Dublin protesting the way Arafat was being treated. They shouted "Free Y.A." and waved Palestinian flags, but there was no mention of stopping any of the suicide bombings. And now, according to my friends over there, Euronews has replaced Irael with America and they are all jumping on the bandwagon to the extent that there was dancing in the streets of Derry when the space shuttle blew up. I'm trying to decide whether or not to cancel my trip. I love Ireland, but the Irish are brainwashed now, as is all of Europe. Hitler's propaganda minister had nothing on the news-meisters over there right now.