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To: dave rose who wrote (17397)	3/4/2003 2:01:05 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81266

Dave >I feel as a citizen I am in danger from terror Without any doubt. In fact, your government (I presume you are an American citizen) and the US media has done whatever they can to make you feel that way and, what is more, to direct your fear and your anger to wherever they see fit, even towards places and people which have absolutely nothing to do with terrorizing you eg Iraq. >I more or less agree with the writings of L. Peikoff. I'm sorry, for your sake, to hear that because you must be a very worried and unhappy man if you believe them. In my opinion, not only are the writings wrong but they are mischievous in that they attempt to create and promote trouble between the US and Islam instead of ameliorating whatever misunderstanding does exist. I will discuss his opening paragraph. >>>Fifty years of increasing American appeasement in the Mideast have led to fifty years of increasing contempt in the Muslim world for the U.S. The climax was September 11, 2001. <<< Firstly, I think the US has done whatever it could to maintain the status quo in the MidEast especially with regards to its oil interests. America has a very cordial relationship with the governments of Saudi, the Gulf states and Egypt, even Turkey. Further, the situation with Iran has also improved considerably. This is hardly appeasement. Secondly, the Muslim world does not hold the US in contempt. Sure, the radical fundamentalists, who possibly amount to far fewer than 1% of Muslims, do but, without any doubt, most Muslims hold America in high regard and would like nothing more than to live there. To suggest that the "lunatic fringe" speaks for all of Islam is absolutely incorrect. Thirdly, 911 may have been a climax of something but, in no way, does it benefit Islam or even the so-called "terrorists" who have been held responsible for it. In fact, Islam, generally, as well as those Muslims who are fighting for what they believe are their "rights" (eg Palestinians) have been seriously compromised as result of what happened on 9-11-01. >I think we are at war as events of the last ten years point out. (World Trade Center--two times--. U.S.S.Cole, Marines (235deaths), Daniel ??? , Bali bombing, Lockerby Scotland plane crash, and many more I cannot think of at the moment. Yes, there have been many hijackings and terrorist attacks over the past 40 years but, in the main, they were not directed at the US. If anywhere, they were directed towards Israel and for obvious reasons. Much of the predicament that the US finds itself in is because it now regards the allegedly insoluble conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as its own and, clearly, has taken Israel's side. >I do not know who is at fault and I don't care. Accepted. But is the military "solution" the only feasible one? In my opinion, war should be avoided until all other means have been exhausted. It's one thing to fight "terrorists" but it will certainly not be to the West's advantage to be at war with all of Islam.