[rineaux]

Glad you re-posted. Your right. A few did not read before attacking your position.

[bust]

Let's get the Arab majority to stop being silent and this thing will be over. We have needed to hear from them for a long time to counteract the lies our media is perpetrating.</p>

[Bahbah]

I cannot for the life of me understand why your post was attacked. Thanks for your thoughts.

[DSBull]

Welcome and good posts..sometimes in the heat of battle we make too many gross assumptions before thinking, so I for one am sorry.

I have many Arab friends both Christian and Muslim who are horrified by the likes of people like UBL and others. They have faced attacks because of their heritage without people actually finding out who they are. I know them to be great patriots and I know some have even join our military to fight this war.

I wished the media would cover some of these people who want to speak out against radical extremism but I guess the media believes that covering radicals sells better than covering voices of moderation..

God bless.

[Ptarmigan]

Very enlightening. A free thinking Arab Muslim sees the light of the truth. Most Arabs in America are actually Christian, 70 percent. Mostly Catholic and Orthodox. Many come from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Palestine. They escaped their homeland after World War II, as radical Muslims and ex-Nazis were killing them and Jews. The Baath Party of Iraq and Syria were modeled after the Nazis. Baath Socialist Party was formed by Michel Aflaq, an admirer of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Marhaba and thank you for your post!

[Ramonan]

You have taken a first step.

Next, is write to local news editors.

Have your folks put out some yard signs-not necessarily for Bush, but to support the troops, or oppose the UN.

Welcome to FreeRepublic. I grew up not knowing there was a difference in people based on skin color or religion. I had to come to California to find that out.

In the Marine Corps, there is a saying that we should all observe: You are not Black, You are not Brown, You are not White:--You are Green! Marine Corps Green.

We should all be Red, White and Blue. There is no room for preaching hate or advocating killing someone who has a different religion.

[MarineBrat]

Your first post was initially attaked by a few who didn't take the time to read it. So many posts here are from wild & crazy trolls that it's often easy to read one sentence of a post and have an instant inability to read another word. Join a ZOT ping list and you'll see what I mean.

But I will hand it to you, yours was a post worthy of a good read! As with most heavily thought out writings, it was complex, and so caused some to not push into it far enough to recognize the leaning of the piece. From what I can tell, you are welcome here, even by those who initially thought you were not. Thanks!

[Wormwood]

Great post!

[Taggart_D]

Your posting was fascinating to me. I am new to Free Republic, so had not seen it.

After 9/11, the lack of condemnation from the Muslim-American community was deafening, and it greatly disturbed me. Thanks for posting this.

[perfect stranger]

Thanks for reposting.

I did not read it before.

Welcome to FreeRepublic.

[Tax-chick]

God bless you. Excellent thoughts.