It seems like the entire world is willing to look the other way when it comes to Arab/Muslim atrocities, racism, genocide and religious intolerance.
Muslims do not teach hate. Just as with every religion, there are religious extremists...they are the ones who preach hate, not the mainstream Muslims. To see evidence of Christian violence and hatred, look know further than the Spanish Inquisition and Kosovo.
Why is that?
You wrote:"Do you really think all Arabs/Muslims are nuts? A Palestinian taught the ME course I took last fall. Not once did he try to suicide bomb the class. <g>"
Not all of them, of course. In Gaza, where the Pal-Arabs live in misery, 25% of them desire peace with Israel.
Did your Palestinian teacher ever advocate peace between Arabs and Jews?
Yes, of course.........but he doesn't blame the Palestinians exclusively like most Americans do.
You wrote:"Saddam wasn't causing any problems and he contributed probably the least amount of monies to terrorists of any ME country.....certainly less than Saudi Arabia or Egypt."
I am amazed at a comment like that. We don't even know how many organizations in America are contributing to Al Qaeda. The UN was bleeding billions from the totally corrupt Iraqi "Oil for Food" program, and no one knew about it. We don't even know how many terrorist cells are here in America, waiting to strike.
The reason I know that Saddam did not give that much $$$ to terrorists is because he was more concerned with his own aggrandizement and well being..........ie. expensive palaces and cars, big yachts.
You really believe that we had/have any idea how much was contributed to terrorist organizations through Iraq? Iraq was a brutal dictatorship, one that hated America, one that openly funded Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Could some of those Hamas funds have gone to Al Qaeda? Could some of the "Oil for Food" funds have gone to Al Qaeda.
Americans have been sold a bill of goods. The real danger was al Qaeda, not Saddam. Any person who's studied the Middle East knows that.
We don't know the answer to those questions any more than we know right now, how many organizations in America are funding terrorism. |
