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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: SiouxPal who wrote (30293)6/12/2004 12:37:11 AM
From: Nicholas ThompsonRead Replies (1) of 81568
 
This is Nick's dad. We lived in partly or fully Islamic countries from 1979 to 1989. What I saw as the two main problems in Islam was the money pouring in from Saudi Arabia to pay for mosques and Islamic schools and also the tendency of the followers of the religion to make public displays of piety -- this includes their hiding of the women under various robes. I remember around 1984 complaining to the US deputy chief of mission- #2 after ambassador -about the Saudis. You can guess that was a non-starter . Look at what the Saudis have accomplished; most of the Islamic world is pissed at us; of course our recent policies have made this hate much worse and I can only hope that most Muslims are not so hateful and are not drawn in fully by what the Saudis have been pushing. Too bad Bush is so close to the Saudis and that we have wasted 25 years on questionable energy policies and may come up with even worse policies if this administration has its way.
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