Posted on 03/02/2006 10:06:43 AM PST by Tolik
When the golden dome of the Askariya shrine, a holy Shiite site in Iraq, was blown up last week, enraged militias did not attack American bases but rather went after Sunni extremists who, they privately believed, were the real culprits.
How could that have been when clerics loudly railed to the cameras that the United States was the perpetrator?
Meanwhile, Hamas, despite its hatred of the U.S. and unabashed pride in its terrorist suicide bombers, suddenly seeks victim status when Washington plans to cut Palestinian financial assistance. If America is so terrible, why would Hamas want its tainted money?
On any given day, the state-run media of the Middle East publish vile anti-Semitism and various slanders against the West. With such an unapologetic assault on Western values, why then would thousands riot when an obscure Danish publication runs a few tasteless cartoons caricaturing Islamic radicalism? And why would Western crassness be surprising to radical Muslims anyway, given their constant harangue that we are decadent and should be shunned?
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Don't worry. It isn't.
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It is if you listen to the Democrat Party Leaderhip.
Sometimes is seems like VDH is the only one pulling his weight in the political war.
Who's we? Maybe the idealistic/leftist ones, but the majority of us couldn't care less about how the rest of the world perceives us, and fully understand that the "hearts and minds" of Islamists and other third-world nogoodniks will never be won.
I posted this same article yesterday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1587972/posts
but am happy to see it again. I went to a VDH speech several weeks ago here in Fresno... very good speech on western civilization.
Good point. We should aspire to be hated by the mullahs in Iran, the Wahhabis, and Hamas, and their ilk.
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If everyone hates us, how come millions of people still dream of coming to America? Ah yes, the old "love-hate thing."
Never mind.
Victor David Hanson is one pretty sharp fellow. After Lent, I think it would be fun to have a couple of beers with him.
Viva America!
America is the only wealthy nation that a third world country can bad-mouth and then expect a handout from; it's why we get absolutely no respect.
Excellent article...
Good stuff, I'd love to see him speak.
FYI, you might ping Tolik in the future, if you're the first to post a VDH article. He maintains the VDH ping list.
And welcome to FR, I see you're a relative newcomer.
He doesn't speak with forked tongue.
As a wise old Jewish friend of mine used to say: "Why does he hate me -- I didn't give him anything." Helping people in significant ways can often bring major resentment, since it places the one helped into an inferior position.
Ping.
Oderint duum metuant.
Indeed.
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