[MarkDel]

Wartank,

I would guess from the tone of your posts that you are an Iranian-American and/or a Muslim. If that is true, I apologize that you are offended by comments, but I clearly stand by them as factual. I am not saying that ALL Muslims share these views or that te United States SHOULD look at this as a Holy War. BUT, the fact remains that a significant portion of Middle Eastern Muslims view the struggle with Israel and the United States as some sort of morbid replay of the Crusades...a Jihad as you might call it in the Muslim faith. This is FACT. Look at the extensive polling data on the Middle East.

As for your comments about Europeans/Christians who are negative about the US...I think you'll find that there's a MASSIVE difference between disagreeing with US policy and calling us arrogant (as many Europeans did)and physically cheering at the news of 9/11 (as many Middle Eastern Muslims did). How many Christian Germans or French run around with Bin-Laden T-Shirts on the way they do in the Middle East?

[Happy2BMe]

"...and physically cheering at the news of 9/11 (as many Middle Eastern Muslims did)."

09/11/01Palestinians Dance In The Streets, Hand Out Candy To Their Children, And Rejoice Over the WTC Attacks

Muslims celebrating on Sept 11,2001, when they heard the news of the WTC collapsing.

Palestinians Celebrate Islamic Attacks on WTC

Palestinian children in eastern Jerusalem celebrating news of the terror attacks in the United States.

Palestinians Party on 9/11

Claim That Media Used Fake Images Proven FALSE

[Happy2BMe]

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