[Right Wing Professor]

This is a little too much special pleading. There clearly was open celebration in Palestine, in Lebanon, and elsewher in the Arab world post 9/11. The PA clearly tried to prevent filming of these celebrations, and it did appear to try to stage some 'mourning' events to counter the initial impression. To deny these is as bad as those who are trying to claim photos of US celebrations have been 'disappeared'.

Perhaps some Palestinians did mourn, and perhaps some of the mourning even went beyond a rational but self-interested consideration that 9/11 would hurt the Palestinians. But there was no conspicuous reaction in Palestine to the initial celebrations, no revulsion.

I have no doubt a minority of Germans in 1941 were active Nazis, and most Germans wished the war over. But the fact is, that when you're at war with Germany, the fact that all Germans don't hate you is irrelevant.

[razorback-bert]

Yea, we didn't give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour either!

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