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To: michael97123 who wrote (325)	11/24/2001 8:33:34 PM
From: Dale Knipschield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 786

Mike, Did Krauthammer commit plagiarism? Does Charles Krauthammer read this thread? Perhaps. If you read his column from today's Washington Post, part of it is remarkably similar to a portion of a long post I wrote last month. Krauthammer's Editorial washingtonpost.com What I said on Oct 24: > Let's just suppose that an American quasi-Christian minority hijacked an Arab airliner in Saudi Arabia and crashed it into a Ramadan crowd of worshipers at Mecca, killing thousands. Is there a person here that thinks the US would not IMMEDIATELY swing into action to find the perpetrators who planned and supported such an action? Is there a person here who thinks that the US would not collectively be remorseful and outraged at the group who did such a thing? Is there anyone who doubts that the US would collectively suffer pangs of guilt that such an attack would be launched from within our borders? Is there anyone here who doubts that the US would cooperate COMPLETELY with the offended countries to not only bring the perpetrators to justice, but to completely squash any such future actions? And what about monetary aid to rebuild Mecca, and compensation to the victims........would America shirk its duties there? I think not. So, where is the the outrage, the remorse, the guilt from the Arab world. I haven't heard about it, have you? Even the Arabs living in America have chosen to whine about how they're being treated rather than gathering as a collective voice and condemming the acts of their fundamentalist brethren across the pond. There should be an outcry from them that is heard round the world. And where is the help from the Arab world in helping us to round up the perpetrators and their consorts? "No, you can't use our runways", say the Saudis (Even though we built them to save their asses from Saddam). "You don't dare bomb during Ramadam" says much of the Arab world, and even some Arab Americans (Head of the Arab-American League last night on CNN or FOX). This in spite of the fact that they launched a war against Israel during Ramadam, and fought the Iraq - Iranian war for years thorough a bunch of Ramadans. "Don't hit the civilians", say the Pakistanis and Afghans leaders.......as though they really give a crap. And where is the monetary compensation to rebuild the WTC and to help put the shattered lives of the affected people back together? Yes, "Prince" Waleed offered $100 million, along with an undeserved lecture on how it was our fault it. As a real American, Guliani was properly outraged to shove it back in his face. So it looks like we shouldn't expect too much from our Arab "Friends", either here or abroad. Like I said...they think differently than we do.< Message 16552992 I think I'll sue. :^) I hope everyone's having a nice Thanksgiving weekend, and manages to finish off all the leftovers. My wife and I went out to eat.....so none of those nice things for us. I've been spending yesterday and today working on framing out a wall to accept a gas fireplace. The mantel is next. Back to the war of words next week? Regards, Knip