This finger-pointing is orchestrated and has a political agenda. We want to split Muslims into moderates and fanatics. They want to split "the infidels" into Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc. There is a bunch of bona-fide idiots, zoological anti-Semites and cowards, but most of the anti-Israel backlash comes from quite specific quarters
The most rational explanation of why the continued existance of Israel is critical.
Critical too ,is the acceptance of Arab and Aryan [Iran] Moslem societies who wish to share in 'the better nature of humankind'......
That's a bit strong, don't you think?
Hey did you know there's a word for "ping" in Hebrew?
Zeemzoom! : )
Sharon must use every ounce of skill to keep the relationship on track, which makes his "Czechoslovakia in 1938" remarks all the more baffling.
Really?
Let's look at what Osama bin Laden himself says. I will quote from a 1998 interview of Osama bin Laden by Frontline. The original context is here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/interview.html
"We know at least one reason behind the symbolic participation of the Western forces and that is to support the Jewish and Zionist plans for expansion of what is called the Great Israel. Surely, their presence is not out of concern over their interests in the region. ... Their presence has no meaning save one and that is to offer support to the Jews in Palestine who are in need of their Christian brothers to achieve full control over the Arab Peninsula which they intend to make an important part of the so called Greater Israel. ..."
"For over half a century, Muslims in Palestine have been slaughtered and assaulted and robbed of their honor and of their property. Their houses have been blasted, their crops destroyed. "
"They should all unite in the fight against polytheism and they should pool all their resources and their energy to fight the Americans and the Zionists and those with them. "
"The enmity between us and the Jews goes far back in time and is deep rooted. There is no question that war between the two of us is inevitable."
"The leaders in America and in other countries as well have fallen victim to Jewish Zionist blackmail."
"Once again, I have to stress the necessity of focusing on the Americans and the Jews for they represent the spearhead with which the members of our religion have been slaughtered. Any effort directed against America and the Jews yields positive and direct results - Allah willing."
"The fatwah is general (comprehensive) and it includes all those who participate in, or help the Jewish occupiers in killing Muslims. "
" He acted with zeal to make the Americans understand that their government was attacking Muslims in order to safeguard the American-Jewish interests. ... "
"We are certain that we shall - with the grace of Allah - prevail over the Americans and over the Jews, as the Messenger of Allah promised us in an authentic prophetic tradition when He said the Hour of Resurrection shall not come before Muslims fight Jews and before Jews hide behind trees and behind rocks. "
"We are certain - with the grace of Allah - that we shall prevail over the Jews and over those fighting with them."
"We anticipate this to happen to him and to the influential people who stand by him and who have sided with the Jews and the Christians giving them free reign over the land of the two Holy Mosques."
"And, while America blocks the entry of weapons into Islamic countries, it provides the Israelis with a continuous supply of arms allowing them thus to kill and massacre more Muslims. "
"I say to them that they have put themselves at the mercy of a disloyal government, and this is most evident in Clinton's administration ... . We believe that this administration represents Israel inside America. Take the sensitive ministries such as the Ministry of Exterior and the Ministry of Defense and the CIA, you will find that the Jews have the upper hand in them. They make use of America to further their plans for the world, especially the Islamic world. American presence in the Gulf provides support to the Jews and protects their rear. And while millions of Americans are homeless and destitute and live in abject poverty, their government is busy occupying our land and building new settlements and helping Israel build new settlements in the point of departure for our Prophet's midnight journey to the seven heavens. America throws her own sons in the land of the two Holy Mosques for the sake of protecting Jewish interests. ... "
"We say to the Americans as people and to American mothers, if they cherish their lives and if they cherish their sons, they must elect an American patriotic government that caters to their interests not the interests of the Jews. "
Thus, here we have Osama bin Laden himself giving the reasons for his actions. In the interview bin Laden does not complain about "modernity", "democracy", "secularism" and Western civilization. He only complains about Israel and American support for Israel. It is clear that the reason Osama targets American is because of the support the US has given to Israel.
The present state of Israel was created by the United Nations in 1948 partly as an emotional reaction to the treatment of the Jews by the NAZIs. The United States was hesitant in its support of that until Harry Truman finally relented, some say as a favor to a close Jewish friend, and gave it his support. This was also at a time when Joseph Stalin was exploiting the Allies victory in WWII, a war in which Russia would have surely been defeated by Germany and Japan without strong U.S. assistance, by occupying Eastern Europe and stepping up its interference in other governments around the world. They immediately seized the opportunity in the Middle East to exploit the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews by fomenting and supporting Arab opposition to the creation of Israel. They encouraged the Arabs to destroy Israel, knowing we would resist that both morally and because of the dependence of the free world upon the oil in the area, and they armed all the countries surrounding Israel. Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and others bristled with Russian planes, tanks, artillery, and arms. In 1967 they attacked Israel from all directions and were left in a bloody heap. They were saved from further destruction by U.S. pressure on Israel to stop the slaughter, a mistake we repeated in the Gulf War. Otherwise, Israel would have been in control of the entire region which may have brought Russia into the conflict. Because we lost our nerve and brought Israel up short, the area was still fertile for exploitation by the Communists and that is what led to the present situation.
Communists have always known that in order to survive they had to control the world and stamp out freedom and dissent anywhere it existed. They have used direct military intervention where possible and have resorted to terrorism where direct intervention was deemed too dangerous, too dangerous because of the U.S.A. They taught terrorists techniques to the Arabs for their use against Israel. Ironically, some Arab militants also became obsessed with visions of power and used the Islamic religion as their front, much as leaders in the Middle Ages used Christianity to gain territory and increase their power.
Soon these Arabs, in their expansionist mode, began to threaten their former benefactors, the USSR. Partly because the USSR was imploding, they attacked Afghanistan to stem this expansion into their territory. They may have been successful until we came to the assistance of the Afghanis. Now the these so called militant Islamic extremists have turned on us.
To summarize: The Arab war on Israel was fomented and abetted by the Communists. The Arab "Palestinians" don't want a homeland they want Israel destroyed. These Arabs who want to take over the world are using Islam and the existence of Israel as a pretext and disguise for their plans. Control of the oil in their area would be a big step toward world domination. They cannot gain control by direct military intervention because the free world is too strong and Russia and China have competing ambitions. Another of life's sweet ironies is that as Russia and China are seemingly seeing the shortcomings of Communism and modifying their plans for world domination, they are now facing a foe with an equally evil and ambitious plan as themselves. Perhaps now they will stop using us as their whipping boy and turn to the real evil on their borders, the Arabs.
As an aside, in my continuing effort to determine the real reason for our involvement in the former Yugoslavia, I am now suspicious that Slick Willie tried to use that situation to build a legacy for himself, as he used everything else for that purpose. As the non-Muslims in that area began to become aware and experience the Islamic expansionists' goals they attempted to repel them and then expel them from their area. The longtime Muslims of the area were being infiltrated by militants and became victims in that underground war. Slick expoited the effort to expel them and built it into "genocide" in order to intervene on behalf of the Muslims. Why? To gain favor with the "Palestinians" to encourage them to go along with his "peace plan" and to become a hero for bringing peace to the Middle East. He convinced Barak to give the Palestinians everythng they said they wanted, offered billions to both sides, and Hillary publically kissed Mrs. Arafat immediately after she called Israelis terrorists. Slick expected at least a Nobel Peace Prize, and even lobbied for it despite his failure, and world adulation.
Although our presence in Ugoslavia was a Clinton fraud we are still there to help stem the Islamic tide, the same thing Melosovic was trying to do.
I, Goy-boy, have only one safe option - to condemn the stone throwers. To do otherwise is anti-Semitic.
This Goy American wonders, "Is one of the founding principles of my country false? Does God have a favorite?" Is this question, by itself, anti-Semitic?